LOCA LMONDAY, JULY 27, 2015

Kandari opens probe inKAC porn star scandal

Speaker condemnsAqsa mosque attack

Marzouq Al-Ghanem

KUWAIT: Heirs of Enrique Sarasola willhave to repay the Kuwait InvestmentOffice 42 million euros the late Spanishbusinessman had obtained illegally, headof Kuwait ’s Fatwa and LegislationDepartment Justice Salah Al-Masad said.A Kuwaiti legal team managed, in coop-eration with Spanish jurists, to obtain the

ruling from the Spanish Court ofCassation for a company affiliated to theKuwaiti Office, Masad added. Accordingto the ruling, issued on July 14, the Courtof Cassation will have to look into thecase after it had rejected a first degreecourt one providing for compensatingthe office, he noted. — KUNA

Spanish court rules forKuwait Investment Office

ROME: Kuwait’s Islamic exhibition in Romemarks the beginning of preparations for2016 Kuwait’s celebrations as an Islamiccultural capital, said Representative of HisHighness the Prime Minister Sheikh JaberMubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, SheikhSalman Sabah Al-Salem Al-Humoud Al-Sabah. Sheikh Salman, also Minister ofInformation and Minister of State for YouthAffairs, said the ‘Art in the Islamic Culture’exhibition’s message is to show the artsand aesthetics of Islamic civilization.

Sheikh Salman stressed importance ofthe exhibition, held in Scuderia delQuirinale museum, for promoting Kuwait’sreputation as a center of Arab and Islamicculture, as well as highlighting its artisticmuseums within the framework of

enhancing cultural communication withthe world.

Italy’s hosting of the first comprehen-sive exhibition of Islamic Art and the keen-ness of the Italian President SergioMatarilla to open the exhibition personallyreflects the special appreciation of Italy toHis Highness the State of Kuwait Amir,government and people, he added.

The exhibition which contains distinc-tive and rare antiques was admired by sen-ior Italian officials, said Sheikh Salman,adding “the Islamic civilization is the civi-lization of construction and that Islam isthe religion of communication and tender-ness.”

Sheikh Salman stressed Kuwait’s keen-ness on supporting culture and arts, as

well showing the true image of the Gulf,Arab and Islamic worlds. He also thankedhead of Al-Sabah collection of relics,Minister of Amiri Diwan Affairs SheikhNasser Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah as wellDirector General of Kuwait’s Dar Al-AtharAl-Islamiyyah (DAI) Sheikha Hessa SabahAl-Salem Al-Sabah, for their effort in col-lecting these special pieces, as well prais-ing precious care from His Highness thePrime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-MubarakAl-Hamad Al-Sabah.

The exhibition, due from July 25th toSeptember 20th, is divided into two parts.It manifests the bright image of the Islamiccivilization and is a tangible outcome ofthe rising bilateral ties between Italy andKuwait. —KUNA

Expo prepares Kuwait for beingIslamic cultural capital: Minister

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KUWAIT: A citizen was arrested trading in unli-censed weapons. The arrest was made when anundercover went to buy a 9mm browning pistolfor KD 800 and the suspect was arrested duringthe exchange. Police found several rounds ofammunition at his home.

Waha, Hawally house firesFire broke out in a diwaniya and store in a homein Waha. Jahra firemen dealt with the fire and noinjuries were reported. In another incident, a firebroke out in a Hawally building in a woodenchalet. The fire was put out without injuries.

Sons ‘lost at sea’ foundA citizen told central operations that he lost hissons aboard a boat. The father said he was incontact with his sons and that they do not knowtheir location, though they left Qaroah Island andwere heading to Kheiran, and lost their waywhen they ran out of fuel. The sons were contact-ed and their location was determined throughthe Coast Guard radar network and found theywere inside Saudi Arabia’s territorial waters. Saudiborder guards were informed, so they went insearch and four hours later, the boat was foundand the four citizens were in good health.

Infant abandonedAuthorities are conducting investigations toidentify the person who left a two-day-old babygirl under a building in searing 45+ C degreeheat.

Soldier stabbedAhmadi prosecutor charged a citizen withattempted murder for stabbing a soldier on hishead with a knife. A security source said the sol-

dier was rushed to Adan hospital, while the sus-pect is being sought by police.

Police insultedA police sergeant accused a British expatriate ofinsulting him when he issued her a traffic ticket.The police added the suspect may have beendrunk at that time.

KD 9,000 robberyA Syrian man told Meidan Hawally police that

KD 9,000 and gold were stolen from a safeinside his house. Similarly, another Syrian toldNugra police that KD 4,000 was stolen from hishouse.

Fatal crashTwo citizens were killed when their vehicleturned over on Sixth Ring Road. The two were22 and 23 years in age. An investigation wasopened to determine the circumstances behindthe accident.

K U WA I T: S p e a k e r o f t h eNational Assembly MarzouqA l i A l - G h a n e m co n d e m n e dyesterday the ongoing attackson the holy Al-Aqsa mosque inJerusalem. Speak ing to thepress, Ghanem denounced thed e s e c r a t i o n o f t h e A l - Aq s am o s q u e a n d t h e a t t a c k o nwo r s h i p p e r s , c a l l i n g i t aheinous crime that should notbe tolerated. Ghanem calledfo r a s w i f t re s p o n s e to t h eattacks on the Palestinian peo-ple and on the holy Is lamicsites. — KUNA

Illegal weapons trader arrestedFirefighters tackle the blaze in Waha The scene in Hawally after the fire was put out.

The suspect arrested with the unlicensed firearms.

By A Saleh

KUWAIT: Minister ofCommunications Essa Al-Kandari has ordered an imme-diate investigation into areport that a Kuwait Airwayspilot invited an ex-porn starinto the cockpit of a KuwaitAirlines’ plane.

A report by British-basedDaily Mail and Daily Star yes-terday claimed that the pilot ofa Kuwait Airways plane invitedan internet stripper andPlayboy model and her friendto the cockpit during a flight from Heathrowairport in London to New York’s JFK airport.The report, which does not say when the inci-dent took place, also claims that the pilotordered champagne for his guests, andsmoked cigarettes during their meeting.

Commenting on the scandal that went viral

on social media, Al-Kandarisaid an immediate investiga-tion has been launched to veri-fy the news and photosattached with the report. “If theDaily Mail’s report turns out tobe true, then the Kuwaiti pilotwill be held accountable,” hetold Al-Jarida daily. The investi-gation results will beannounced to the public andconcerned authorities trans-parently, he added. MP DrAbdullah Al-Turaiji had earliercommented on the reports,urging the minister in a post

on Twitter to open an immediate investigation. Kuwait Airways responded to the news in a

Twitter post, claiming that the incident hap-pened in 2013 and that it only learned about ityesterday after the Daily Mail report was pub-lished. KAC said it would open an investigationinto the report.

Minister Essa Al-Kandari