KUWAIT: The criminal court yesterday sentenced a Kuwaiti citizen to 10 years in jail with hard labor over charges of stealing a female investigator's mobile phone, posting her personal photos on social media and blackmailing her, said security sources.
Resignation
The Board of Directors of Kuwait Oil Company's (KOC) employees' syndicate submitted a letter of collective resignation from office due to some disagreements amongst board members ever since its formation, in addition to interference from people outside the board.
Consumer protection
The Ministry of Commerce and Industry's (MCI) Commercial Control Manager Nasser Al-Mutairi stressed that Minister Khaled Al-Roudhan is always in favor of activating the commercial control and consumer protection laws, adding that the ministry had prepared a special awareness campaign to enlighten consumers concerning their rights and duties related to returning purchases, refunding payments and reporting violations on various markets. Mutairi said that MCI had set a plan to protect consumers from commercial fraud and all kinds of monopoly.
Unsafe disposal
The Municipal Council's Deputy Chairman Meshaal Al-Jowaisri hailed the way the customs department handled 40 tons of inedible watermelons arriving from Iran, but criticized the fact that the shipment was disposed by being thrown in the Gulf, saying that this will negatively affect the marine environment. Jowaisri called for Kuwait Municipality's interference to destroy the shipment at one of its landfill sites. He also called for taking proper measures against those behind importing the shipment. Separately, member of the Municipal Council's technical committee Fahad Al-Sane asked the Ministry of Electricity and Water (MEW) about measures taken with regards to warnings about increasing levels of pollution resulting from the ministry's water desalination plants.
By Meshaal Al-Enezi