Staff Correspondent,
bdnews24.com
Published: 26 Apr 2021 09:31 PM BdST
Updated: 26 Apr 2021 09:31 PM BdST
Disgraced former MP Mohammad Shahid Islam alias Kazi Papul will have to serve three more years in Kuwaiti jail for human trafficking and money laundering. );
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An appellate court in the Middle-Eastern country extended his jail term to seven years, local newspaper Al-Qabas reported on Monday.
It also sentenced Kuwaiti MP Salah Khorshid, who was acquitted of charges of taking bribes from Shahid, to seven years in jail.
Another Kuwaiti MP, Saadoun Hammad, was Shahid’s co-accused in the trial. The appellate court upheld Hammad’s acquittal.
It extended the sentence of Major General Mazen Sheikh Mazem Al Jarrah, former assistant under-secretary of the interior ministry in Kuwait, and two other Kuwaiti officials to seven years from four years for abetting the former Bangladeshi lawmaker’s unlawful work.
Staff Correspondent,
bdnews24.com
Published: 28 Jan 2021 07:35 PM BdST
Updated: 28 Jan 2021 08:00 PM BdST
A criminal court in Kuwait has sentenced Bangladeshi MP Shahid Islam alias Kazi Papul to four years in jail for trafficking human and laundering money. );
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Judge Abdullah Al Osman delivered the verdict on Thursday, according to the Kuwaiti media Al-Qabas and Al-Rai.
The court also jailed Major General Mazen Sheikh Mazem Al Jarrah, former assistant under-secretary of the interior ministry in Kuwait, and another Kuwaiti official for four years for abetting the Bangladeshi lawmaker’s unlawful work.
All the convicts have been fined 1.9 million Kuwaiti dinar each.
Two Kuwaiti MPs, Saadoun Hammad and Salah Khorshid, were Shahid’s co-accused in the trial.