Kuwait’s top appeals court yesterday upheld former MP Mohammad Shahid Islam alias Kazi Papul’s sentence of seven years in prison and fine of Kuwaiti Dinar 2.7 million in a sensational human trafficking case.
Papul to serve seven years in Kuwait jail
Mohammad Shahid Islam, also known as Kazi Papul. Photo: Collected Diplomatic Correspondent Diplomatic Correspondent
Kuwait s Appeal Court yesterday extended the imprisonment of former Bangladeshi MP Mohammad Shahid Islam alias Kazi Papul and two Kuwaitis to seven years, from four, in a bribery case.
The others whose sentences were increased include Kuwait s interior ministry s Assistant Under-Secretary Maj Gen Mazen Al-Jarrah and former MP candidate Salah Khorshid, reported Kuwaiti newspaper, Al-Qabas yesterday.
The court, however, acquitted Kuwaiti MP Saadoun Hammad.
The court delivered the verdict following an appeal filed by Papul after Kuwait s criminal court on January 28 sentenced him to four years, around eight months after Kuwait s Criminal Investigation Department arrested him.
Kuwait court extends imprisonment of ex-MP Papul to 7 years
Mohammad Shahid Islam, also known as Kazi Papul. Photo: Collected Star Digital Report Star Digital Report
Kuwait s Appeal Court has extended the imprisonment of former Bangladeshi MP Mohammad Shahid Islam alias Kazi Papul and two Kuwaitis to seven years from four years.
The others whose imprisonment were also increased include Kuwait s interior ministry s Assistant Under-Secretary Maj Gen Mazen Al-Jarrah and former MP candidate Salah Khorshid, reported Kuwaiti newspaper, Al-Qabas.
The court, however, acquitted Kuwaiti MP Saadoun Hammad in its verdict delivered today.
Earlier on January 28, Kuwait s criminal court imprisoned for four years the former Bangladeshi MP, around eight months after Kuwait s Criminal Investigation Department arrested Papul, the managing director and CEO of Marafie Kuwaitia Group.
Convicted in Kuwait: Papul finally loses his JS membership
Mohammad Shahid Islam, also known as Kazi Papul. Photo: Collected
The seat of independent lawmaker Mohammad Shahid Islam, also known as Kazi Papul, has been vacated yesterday on grounds of moral turpitude.
The parliament secretariat issued a gazette notification to that end yesterday afternoon following a meeting between Speaker Shirin Sharmin and top officials of the secretariat, Zafar Ahmed Khan, senior secretary at the parliament secretariat, told The Daily Star.
The gazette has been in effect from January 28, 2021 the day Kazi Papul, lawmaker from Laxmipur-2, was sentenced to four years of rigorous imprisonment by a Kuwaiti court for human trafficking and bribing Kuwaiti officials.
Process underway to take action against Papul
Says senior secretary of parliament secretariat
Laxmipur-2 MP Mohammad Shahid Islam, also known as Kazi Papul. Photo: Collected Star Digital Report Star Digital Report
The process of taking action against independent Laxmipur-2 lawmaker Mohammad Shahid Islam alias Kazi Papul has been started as documents and other papers on his conviction in a Kuwait court has reached the parliament secretariat.
Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury received a copy of the documents on Thursday evening.
On January 28, Papul was sentenced to four years imprisonment and fined 1.97 million Kuwaiti dinars (Tk 55 crore) in a bribery case.
Talking to The Daily Star today, Zafar Ahmed Khan, senior secretary, parliament secretariat, said process regarding taking decision on Shahid Islam s membership in parliament has already started.