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KUWAIT CITY, April 28: Court of Appeals presided over by Judge Hani Al- Hamdan upheld the verdict issued to imprison the Bangladeshi MP Muhammad Shahid Islam, former assistant undersecretary in the Ministry of Interior Sheikh Mazen Al-Jarrah, an official in the Public Authority for Manpower (PAM) Hassan Al-Khodar, and former MP Salah Khorshid for seven years each, and the dismissal of Sheikh Mazen and Al-Khodar from their positions over “bribery and visa trading” charges. The court also decided to change the fine imposed on the main suspect – the Bangladeshi MP – to two million seven hundred and ten thousand dinars, and his deportation from the country after he serves his prison sentence.
Cairo: Kuwait’s prosecutors have demanded tougher penalties than the verdicts recently issued in a high-profile case involving a Bangladeshi lawmaker-cum-businessman.
Last month, a Kuwaiti criminal court sentenced the Bangladeshi lawmaker to four years in prison and ordered him to pay a fine of KD1.9 million on charges of human trafficking and bribery.
The lawmaker, named in the media as Mohammed Shahid Islam, was charged with receiving money from dozens of workers in return for bringing them in from Bangladesh to Kuwait through a company he managed with illegal assistance from Kuwaiti officials charged in the case.
He has reportedly amassed KD5 million worth of assets in the Gulf country.
AMIR URGES MPs TO HONOR ASPIRATIONS OF PEOPLE
KUWAIT CITY, Dec 15: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah inaugurated the National Assembly’s 16th Legislative session Tuesday, urging MPs to honor the aspirations of the people who elected them. His Highness the Amir, in his inauguration speech, called upon the Parliament members to meet aspirations of people “who placed a huge burden upon their shoulders” for the sake of achieving development.
(Left) Kuwait National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Ali Al-Ghanim raises his hands in thanks to Allah after the vote count declared him successful (Right) HH the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah during the inauguration of the first term of 16th legislative session