Messenger KUWAIT CITY, Feb 3: MPs Mehalhal Al-Mudaf, Abdullah Al-Mudaf, Hamad Rouhaldeen, Muhannad Al-Sayer and Hassan Jawhar have submitted a bill on amending Public Funds Protection Law number 1/1993 to toughen penalties for those who steal public money. The bill stipulates that if the stolen money is more than KD 100,000; the perpetrator will be sentenced to 10 years in prison up to life imprisonment. If a public sector employee assigned in a department involved in contracting, supply and other related procedures is convicted of gaining illegal public money for himself or for others, he will be imprisoned for a period ranging from 15 years to a lifetime.