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THULQADA 13, 1439 AH THURSDAY, JULY 26, 2018 Max 47º 28 Pages Min 31º 150 Fils Established 1961 ISSUE NO: 17592 The First Daily in the Arabian Gulf www.kuwaittimes.net Kuwait Food Bank launches Superstar pastry chef’s ‘food Pakistan locked in tight election Thomas edges closer to victory as 2 food parcels for the needy 22 porn’ has Instagram drooling 24 between Khan and Sharif party 28 Quintana pushes Froome to third 5 jailed, 45 under investigation in crackdown on fake degrees Names of people involved to be revealed • Jordan office vows strict procedures By B Izzak He said that Education Minister Hamed Al-Azmi told the court. The public prosecution has already remanded Bader Al-Edhaila said the office’s strict procedures in the panel that he was not pressurized by anyone to halt an Egyptian employee at the higher education ministry to dealing with certificates and student documents stand KUWAIT: Five people suspected of holding fake univer- the crackdown on fake degrees, and added that the min- 21 days behind bars pending further investigation on sus- in the way of possible fraud, simultaneously denying sity degrees have been jailed pending investigation and ister vowed to continue investigating the matter. Awdah picion that he helped authenticate several fake degrees in that the office has witnessed cases of fake certificates trial and 45 others are under investigation, the head of the said the committee has expressed total support for the the computerized system of the ministry. during different stages of study. National Assembly’s educational committee said yester- minister to continue his action and decided to study the Opposition Islamist MP Osama Al-Shaheen yesterday Kuwaitis wishing to complete their academic studies day. Speaking after a meeting by the committee with the possibility of approving new legislation to stop the final demanded a thorough revision of the state’s administra- in Jordan are urged to be cautious about being education minister, MP Awdah Al-Awdah said the infor- appointment of government employees before their tive systems after holders of fake degrees succeeded in scammed by suspicious sites and to follow official mation was given to the panel by the minister, who added degrees are thoroughly investigated. The lawmaker said infiltrating the administration. Shaheen said that the fake channels to obtain a degree, he underlined. He also more people are expected to be interrogated. the committee warned that in case the minister does not degrees issue is a criminal and security one and the num- praised the Jordanian ministry of higher education and The issue has stunned the country amid reports that continue with the crackdown for any reason, he will be ber of those involved is rising, adding that previous gov- scientific research’s follow-up on the matter. Last year, the number of people holding forged university degrees questioned in parliament. ernments should be held responsible for this. the ministry of higher education in Jordan took legal could be as high as 1,000 and that some of them are well- Azmi told reporters that the ministry briefed the com- Meanwhile, Kuwait’s cultural office in Jordan con- action after a Kuwaiti was swindled by a Jordanian on known public figures and others could be in high govern- mittee about its measures on degrees suspected of being firmed yesterday it would implement strict procedures social media, who offered to provide certificates from ment posts. Awdah told reporters that the revelation is fake. The minister said authorities will continue with the for approving Kuwaiti students’ diplomas and screen Jordanian universities and TOEFL certificates, after a just the start of the issue and not the end, adding that in measures, adding that the issue is with the public prose- them before official approval. In a statement in complaint by the victim was filed. More than 4,000 the past the very existence of the issue had been cate- cution and that the names of the suspects and details response to media reports about a Jordanian who Kuwaiti students are enrolled in Jordanian universities gorically denied. about them will be published after they are convicted by forged certificates for Kuwaiti students, office attache and colleges in various academic disciplines. brands are followed by 2.3 million Instagram their passports, which are usually taken by News in brief Global brands cut users, has faced a backlash online for criticiz- employers, and to refuse to be transferred to ing new regulations to protect some 260,000 other employers without their consent. This Filipino domestic workers from mistreatment. followed a diplomatic row triggered by the US looks to resolve Gulf crisis ties with blogger “Max Factor Arabia is taking this incident discovery of a Filipina migrant worker’s body very seriously and have immediately sus- in a freezer, leading Philippine President DOHA: The US is looking to “build some momen- over ‘racist’ video pended all collaborations with Sondos,” said Rodrigo Duterte to order workers in Kuwait tum” towards resolving the Gulf crisis ahead of a the company, which had worked with Qattan. to return to their home country. possible summit in the autumn, a US diplomat said BEIRUT: Max Factor Arabia and other lead- “Sondos’ comments are personal and do not Workers in many Gulf states are employed yesterday. Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt ing beauty brands have severed ties with a represent neither the values nor the principles under a sponsorship system that gives cut ties with Doha in June last year, accusing Qatar of popular Kuwaiti blogger after she said that Max Factor Arabia stands for,” it told the employers the right to keep their passports funding terrorism and cozying up to Iran, Riyadh’s domestic workers should not be given a day Thomson Reuters Foundation in emailed and exercise full control over their stay. regional rival. “We want to build to a point where off, highlighting resistance to reforms to end comments yesterday. Rights groups say this leaves workers across there will be a meeting of all of the heads of state ... it labor abuses in the state. Sondos Al-Qattan, Kuwait and the Philippines signed a deal in the region open to exploitation. might be September or it might be October”, Ryan whose makeup tutorials endorsing major May allowing domestic workers to retain Continued on Page 24 Sondos Al-Qattan Gliha, US charge d’affaires to Qatar, told journalists. The US will “try to build some momentum” ahead of the summit to make it a “big success” when President Donald Trump calls Gulf leaders together, the charge IS claimed responsibility for the vio- d’affaires added. — AFP IS kills more lence, saying “soldiers of the caliphate” attacked Syrian government positions and security outposts in Sweida city, than 180 in then detonated explosive belts. The Houthis attack Saudi tanker Britain-based Observatory said four sui- south Syria cide bombers targeted Sweida city while RIYADH: Yemen’s Houthi rebels have attacked a others hit small villages to the north and Saudi oil tanker in the Red Sea, causing “minor BEIRUT: A string of suicide blasts and east and shot residents in their homes. At damage” to the vessel, the Saudi-led coalition said raids claimed by the Islamic State group least 183 people were killed, including 89 yesterday. The kingdom’s Al-Ekhbariya television killed more than 180 people in southern civilians, the Observatory said. The cited the coalition saying the oil tanker was “the Syria yesterday, in one of the militants’ remaining 94 dead were pro-regime target of a Houthi-Iranian terrorist attack”. “The oil deadliest ever assaults in the country. fighters, mostly residents who picked up tanker sustained minor damage and the (Houthi) The Syrian Observatory for Human arms to defend their homes, it said. militias almost caused an environmental catastro- Rights said the attacks hit several areas Sweida, whose residents are mostly phe,” the coalition said. The statement did not pro- of the largely government-held southern from the Druze minority, has been rela- vide details on the name or size of the tanker. province of Sweida, where IS retains a tively insulated from the war that has Earlier, the pro-Houthi Al-Masirah television said presence in a northeastern desert region. ravaged the rest of the country since that the rebels had targeted a Saudi warship They came almost a week into a deadly 2011. “It’s the bloodiest death toll in named Al-Dammam, without providing further Russia-backed regime campaign to oust Sweida province since the start of the details. Saudi Arabia intervened in Yemen in 2015 IS fighters from a holdout in a neighbor- war” and one of the deadliest ever IS SWEIDA, Syria: A member of the Syrian security forces walks past a truck damaged at the head of a military coalition backing the ing province of the country’s south. Continued on Page 24 in a suicide attack in this southern city yesterday. — AFP country’s government. — AFP Warner Bros unveils $1bn UAE park Lebanon questions ABU DHABI: The fantasy worlds inhabited by Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman merged with glitzy reality in the UAE yesterday, as Warner activists over Bros opened a sprawling indoor theme park in Abu Dhabi. The $1 billion facility boasts 29 rides and six social media posts themed areas - including a cartoon junction and the BEIRUT: Lebanon’s security forces are increasing- fictional Gotham City made famous by Batman. A ly bringing activists in for questioning over their golden Bugs Bunny statue, doffing his cap and hold- ing a golden carrot, welcomes visitors to the com- social media posts, sparking widespread anger in plex, which took 11 years to take from the drawing recent days that freedom of expression is being board to reality.

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