KUWAIT CITY, July 14: The Court of Cassation, presided over by Counselor Abdullah Jassim Al-Abdullah, upheld the Court of Appeal’s decision sentencing an expatriate employee to seven years in prison with hard labor. The employee, who worked for a company, was found guilty of embezzling KWD 29,000 through forged entry tickets. In addition to the prison sentence, he was dismissed from his job, fined KWD 89,000—which is double the embezzled amount—and ordered to repay the stolen sum.

KUWAIT CITY, July 14: The Court of Appeal overturned the prison sentence against journalist Fajr Al-Saeed and refrained from imposing any penalty, on the condition that she pay a bail of 1,000 dinars for good behavior.

Previously, the Criminal Court had sentenced Al-Saeed to three years in prison with hard labor for charges of spreading false news and misuse of a telephone, while acquitting her of the other charges.

The Public Prosecution had ordered her imprisonment and referral to the Central Prison after accusing her of broadcasting false news, misusing a telephone, calling for normalization with the Israeli occupation, and harming the country’s interests.

Her lawyer, Dr. Faisal Ayal Al-Anzi, argued that the law cited did not apply to the accusations against her and that her actions did not constitute a crime.

KUWAIT CITY, July 14: The Kuwait Municipality stated that field teams are stepping up inspection campaigns across all governorates to enforce municipal cleaning and road occupation regulations.

In Mubarak Al-Kabeer Governorate, the municipality conducted extensive tours of residential areas to enhance cleanliness, remove obstacles from roads, prevent waste disposal outside designated containers, and clean beaches as well as main and internal streets.

These efforts led to the removal of 26 abandoned vehicles and scrap trucks violating the law, issuance of 42 violations related to public cleaning and road occupation, and 38 removal notices for abandoned vehicles and unauthorized commercial containers. Additionally, six old waste containers were replaced with new ones.

The supervisory team emphasized that field visits will continue without leniency, and all legal measures will be strictly applied against violators of the Public Cleanliness and Road Occupation Regulations.