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RABIA ALTHANI 25, 1441 AH SUNDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2019 28 Pages Max 21º Min 06º 150 Fils Established 1961 ISSUE NO: 18016 The First Daily in the Arabian Gulf www.kuwaittimes.net Russia, China veto resolution by Novartis eyes giveaway of Top DJs headline Saudi Arabia’s Ancelotti seals Premier League 4 Kuwait on aid delivery to Syrians 16 costly therapy for babies 19 biggest music fest near Riyadh 28 return as new Everton manager Outrage after disabled citizen ‘tortured’ to death in custody Interior minister forms probe panel • Family, MPs, activists demand answers By Hanan Al-Saadoun and A Saleh interior ministry report on social media that does not criminal detectives listened to the testimony of two offi- The panel will present a report about its probe with- point to drug use, but to injuries suffered during con- cers and four policemen from the special missions divi- in a week. Any personnel suspected of wrongdoing will KUWAIT: The death of Kuwaiti citizen Ahmad Al- frontation with the police. He was later taken to hospi- sion of public security, who arrested the citizen, to be suspended from work until end of the probe, Dhafiri in police custody a few days ago has angered tal. Saud said Ahmad was beaten when he resisted inquire about his case before he was sent to the drugs according to the minister, who has affirmed that the his family, MPs and social media activists, even as police. He was then sent to the drugs control depart- control department. The sources said criminal detec- suspects, if proven guilty, will be penalized. The min- Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Anas Al- ment without any clear proof that he used any drugs, tives also called in officers and non-commissioned offi- istry has notified the public prosecution about the inci- Saleh ordered the formation of an independent commit- where he died. cers from the drugs control department, who are still dent, the ministry said, adding that the body of the tee to launch an investigation. The deceased’s family A police source told Al-Anbaa local daily about the being questioned. deceased was examined by coroners upon the prose- said 31-year-old Dhafiri, who was disabled, died while contents of the interior ministry report about the inci- They added CCTV footage will be reviewed to learn cution’s request. The interior ministry affirmed its in custody at the drugs control department as a result dent that was sent to Mubarak Al-Kabeer criminal about the entire incident, besides questioning the adherence to transparency and establishing the facts of torture. department. “We received what indicates a death case Egyptian who was detained with the deceased citizen, with regards of the case. Saud Al-Dhafiri, a cousin of the dead man, said the of a person at the drugs control department in Aswaq who claimed Dhafiri told him he swallowed a large National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem family learned about his death on Dec 19 through Al-Qurain area, so I, the officer in charge of Mubarak quantity of what is thought to be drugs. tweeted he is closely following developments in the case, Ahmad’s brother who works at the forensics depart- Al-Kabeer police station, went and found the deceased Saleh on Friday ordered the formation of a panel to urging the interior ministry to be transparent and hold ment, after he saw papers about the body of his brother (A. M.) is a Kuwaiti citizen born in 1988. According to investigate Dhafiri’s death. Saleh, also Minister of State those responsible accountable. MP Abdulkareem Al- there, as he was missing for three days. Saud said when the claims of narcotics detectives, a person detained for Cabinet Affairs, ordered establishing the “neutral Kandari said interior minister must open an urgent inves- police were asked about the cause of death of Dhafiri, with him named (M. H.), an Egyptian, said the dead man committee” to look into the circumstances of Dhafiri’s tigation by an independent committee about the infor- who was severely handicapped, they answered that the told him he ingested substances that may be drugs, so a death in a building of the criminal security department, mation given by Dhafiri’s family. MP Thamer Al-Suwait “file is confidential and the cause of death cannot be call was made to the deputy prosecutor, who asked to the ministry of interior said in a statement. The official said he is waiting for an official statement from the interi- revealed”. register the case as a suspected felony. Forensics was statement said the panel will “investigate the incident or ministry about what happened. MP Oudah Al-Ruwaei “We later discovered that they claim his death was called, and the coroner also arrived,” the report said. with competent personnel to determine whether there said he is in contact with the interior minister. due to drugs,” he said. Saud published a copy of an Information received by Al-Anbaa said a team of was any slackness since his detention until his death”. Continued on Page 24 Muslim. Critics say the law discriminates came out to fight for our motherland, we came India protests against Muslims and is part of Prime Minister to fight without any arms and ammunition, we Narendra Modi’s Hindu-nationalist agenda, a will fight peacefully,” Lily Dutta told AFP. claim his political party has denied. Since being re-elected this year Modi and rage on as death Authorities have scrambled to contain the sit- his Bharatiya Janata Party have stripped uation - imposing emergency laws, blocking Muslim-majority Kashmir of its autonomy and toll rises to 21 Internet access, and shutting down shops in carried out a register of citizens in Assam. The sensitive areas across the country. BJP has said it wants to conduct the National NEW DELHI: Thousands of people joined Demonstrators have vowed to keep up Register of Citizens (NRC) nationwide, fresh rallies against a contentious citizenship their fight until the law is revoked. Protests fuelling fears Muslims - a 200-million minority law in India yesterday, with 21 killed so far in were held yesterday in numerous states, in India - were being disenfranchised. BJP’s this month’s unrest. The death toll jumped including in the cities of Chennai, Gurgaon general secretary Bhupender Yadav told after demonstrations turned violent on Friday and Guwahati. As day broke in the capital reporters yesterday the party would “launch in the most populous state Uttar Pradesh, New Delhi, demonstrators held up their an awareness campaign” and hold 1,000 ral- leaving at least 11 dead including an eight- mobile phones as torches at India’s biggest lies to dispel “lies” about the law. year-old boy, who was trampled. Another pro- mosque Jama Masjid in a show of dissent. In In northern Uttar Pradesh, Muslims make tester died yesterday after clashes in Rampur, Patna in the eastern state of Bihar, three up almost 20 percent of the 200-million pop- also in Uttar Pradesh, as police used tear gas demonstrators suffered bullet wounds and six ulation. The state’s police spokesman Shirish and batons against a stone-pelting crowd, were hurt from stone-pelting after clashing Chandra told AFP 10 people died Friday after police told AFP. with counter-protesters, police said. being shot. The boy also died Friday in a Disquiet has been growing about the law, At an all-women protest in Assam state’s “stampede-like situation” when 2,500 people which was passed by parliament on Dec 11 Guwahati city in the northeast - where the including children joined a rally in the holy city and gives people from persecuted minorities wave of protests started amid fears the immi- of Varanasi, district police chief Prabhakar from three neighboring countries an easier grants would dilute their local cultures - par- Chaudhary told AFP. CHENNAI: A woman holds a placard during a protest against India’s new citizen- path to citizenship - but not if they are ticipants said it was time to speak up. “We Continued on Page 24 ship law yesterday. — AFP to since its creation in 2002, a “political ICC to probe tool” against the Jewish state. “I am sat- isfied that there is a reasonable basis to Muslim states eye proceed with an investigation into the war crimes in situation in Palestine,” ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said in a statement. “In gold, barter trade Palestinian areas brief, I am satisfied that war crimes have been or are being committed in the West to beat sanctions THE HAGUE, Netherlands: The Bank, including East Jerusalem, and the International Criminal Court’s chief pros- Gaza Strip,” she added, without specify- KUALA LUMPUR: Iran, Malaysia, Turkey and ecutor said Friday she wanted to open a ing the perpetrators of the alleged Qatar are considering trading among themselves in full investigation into alleged war crimes crimes. gold and through a barter system as a hedge in the Palestinian territories, sparking a She said that before opening a full against any future economic sanctions on them, furious reaction from Israel and condem- probe, she would ask the ICC to rule on Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said nation from the United States. The the territory over which it has jurisdic- yesterday. At the end of an Islamic summit in Palestinians welcomed the move by the tion because of the “unique and highly Malaysia, Mahathir praised Iran and Qatar for with- ICC as a “long overdue step” following a contested legal and factual issues nearly five-year preliminary probe by standing economic embargoes and said it was attaching to this situation”.

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