ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Gulf Warehousing profit jumps 38 per cent Business | 17 Sunday 18 January 2015 • 27 Rabial I 1436 • Volume 19 Number 6314 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Range Rover Emir meets US senators outlet shut for a month Crackdown on violations continues DOHA: In its ongoing crack- the showrooms were closed for a down on erring vehicle deal- month. ers, the Ministry of Economy In the last week of December, and Commerce shuttered yet the ministry slapped closure another popular car showroom notice on another showroom that yesterday. The Ministry closed sells a popular brand on a similar down the Range Rover show- charge. This showroom was also The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and Minister of Foreign Affairs H E Dr Khalid bin Mohammed Al Attiyah with US Senators John room of Al Fardan Premier ordered to close for a month for McCain, Lindsey Graham, Joe Donnelly, Angus King and Tim Kaine at Al Bahr Palace yesterday. Motors in Al Sadd area for violating the consumer law. allegedly trying to dupe cus- Angry customers are venting tomers by selling ‘dented and their ire against the erring com- painted’ vehicles as new. panies on social media: “When This is the fourth showroom to you go for buying a new car, the OPINION be closed down in less than two dealers never disclose the details Shia militia seizes Yemen months on similar charges. The of a pre-registered car to the cus- news has evoked angry reaction tomer until it is registered in a The suffering of among people who have called for customer’s name. How does the curtailing monopolies in the auto- customer know whether it is new president’s chief of staff Syrian refugees mobile market who they said are or a used one? The ministry can taking the customers for a ride. open a website for allowing cus- SANA’A: Shia militiamen in responsibility for the January 7 stopped by militiamen in Houthi he cold wave sweeping The Ministry of Economy and tomers to check car chassis and control of Yemen’s capital seized attack on French satirical maga- tribal clothes in the southern parts of Middle East Commerce announced the Al engine number so that they can President Abdrabuh Mansur zine Charlie Hebdo that killed Hada district, a witness said. Tshould remind us of Fardan showroom will be closed identify whether a car is new or a Hadi’s chief of staff yesterday 12 people. He was seized and driven to an the warmth and stability we for one month from yesterday, for used one and when it was imported in a new challenge to his lead- Yemeni authorities said yes- unknown location, an official from are enjoying, and it should trying to dupe customers. “The into Qatar. If required, the minis- ership of the violence-plagued terday they had arrested two the national dialogue secretariat also remind us of our duty reason for the closure is that the try can charge a nominal fee.” country. Frenchmen for questioning over told AFP. Ahmadi said talks were towards car dealers tried to cheat buyers “It is surprising to see such a The abduction of Ahmed suspected Al Qaeda links. under way to secure his release. our broth- for trying to sell repaired vehicles giant auto dealer doing the nasty Awad bin Mubarak, who heads The Charlie Hebdo attack was In a statement, the militia said ers who as new. The closure decision is in things to their customer”, read a a “national dialogue” on Yemen’s carried out by French brothers Mubarak’s detention was neces- are freez- line with Article 18 of Law No 8, post on a popular social media site. political transition, came shortly Said and Cherif Kouachi saying sary to prevent a UN-brokered ing in 2008”, the Ministry said yesterday. On the decision to close down the before he was to attend a meeting they acted on behalf of AQAP. agreement between the presi- refugee In December 2014, the minis- showroom, a customer said: “The on a proposed new constitution The former visited Yemen in dency and them in September camps, try closed down three popular car closure of Range Rover showroom opposed by the Huthi militia. 2011, according to Yemeni security “from being broken,” without after showrooms for allegedly trying means that no one is above the law”. Yemen has been dogged by sources, while Cherif himself told clarifying Mubarak’s role. being dis- sell damaged cars as new. During Another customer said: “It’s instability since the ouster in 2012 French media he also travelled to The “national peace and part- placed by Dr Khalid Al Jaber the second week of December, shocking to know that major of strongman Ali Abdullah Saleh, the country that same year. nership agreement” was signed in wars and the Consumer Protection car dealers are law-breakers. In with the Houthis and Al Qaeda “There are around 1,000 September as the Houthis over- persecution of their rulers. Department under the Ministry fact, Qatar should throw open its battling to fill the power vacuum. Al Qaeda militants in Yemen from ran Sanaa. Forced to leave their sealed showrooms of two popular automobile market and let the The Houthis are widely believed 11 Arab and non-Arab countries,” It called for forming a new gov- homes, they are living in tents car dealers for allegedly cheat- customers enjoy the benefits of a to be backed by Saleh. national security service chief ernment and appointing Houthi in open air in the chilling ing customers. According to the competitive market rather than Al Qaeda in the Arabian General Mohammed Al Ahmadi advisors to Hadi, and demanded weather in Jordan, Lebanon, Ministry, the cars the company allowing monopolists to take peo- Peninsula (AQAP) also has a told reporters yesterday. the Shia militiamen withdraw Turkey and Iraq. Reports say tried to sell as new were actually ple for a ride”. THE PENINSULA record of acting well beyond Mubarak and several compan- from key state institutions they around 100,000 Syrian refu- damaged in road accidents. Both Pictures on page 2 its Yemeni base, and claimed ions in his armoured car were had seized. AFP gees in Lebanon are victims of harsh winter and making it worse, they are facing an acute shortage of food, medi- Attiyah car-ries the day cines, clothes and heating fuel. US and UK Three killed in road accident It’s reprehensible that the suffering of these refugees DOHA: Three expatriates were burnt to death and three injured in over the past four years hasn’t disagree on a road accident in Industrial Area Friday evening. moved the global conscience The accident took place on Street No 2 when the car carrying to rescue the distressed chil- surveillance the victims hit a divider and caught fire after overturning, a local dren, women and elders. Malayalam daily reported. The victims were not identified. Assad’s war against his LONDON: Barack Obama and THE PENINSULA people, attacks of terrorist David Cameron struck differ- groups, and the trauma of ent notes on surveillance pow- ordinary Syrians have gone ers after the president conceded More rains forecast today unnoticed while the global that there is an important leaders quickly gathered in balance to be struck between DOHA: Some parts of the country received scattered rains last Paris to condemn the kill- monitoring terror suspects and evening. The Meteorology Department has forecast more rains ing of 12 journalists, which protecting civil liberties. today. “Thunderstorms are expected at places, accompanied by strong is of course an atrocious As Cameron warned the inter- winds and poor visibility,” the department said yesterday. and condemnable act, but net giants that they must do more Temperature in Doha would hover between 18 and 24 degrees Celsius the same world is turning a to ensure they do not become while it could dip to 14 degrees Celsius in the outer areas. The north- blind eye and is not reacting platforms for terrorist commu- westerly winds would blow at speeds ranging from three to 12 knots to the daily killings by poi- nications, the US president said in the early part of the day. sonous gases, explosions and he welcomed the way in which The winds would gather momentum by evening with missiles. civil liberties groups hold them a speed of 16 to 22 knots reaching 30 knots at places. Continued on page 2 to account by tapping them on the THE PENINSULA shoulder. Obama agreed with the prime minister that there could be no spaces on the internet for terror- Five killed in Charlie Hebdo protests ists to communicate that could not be monitored by the intelli- NIAMEY: At least five people were killed yester- President Mahamadou Issoufou said all five of the gences agencies, subject to proper day in protests in Niger against Charlie Hebdo’s dead were civilians, with four of them killed inside oversight. cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad (PBUH), burned churches or bars. He said an enquiry would But, unlike Cameron, the presi- authorities said, bringing the death toll from two be opened and those responsible for organising the dent encouraged groups to ensure days of violence in the country to 10. violence would be punished. that he and other leaders do not Police fired tear gas at crowds of stone-throwing “Those who pillage religious sites and profane abandon civil liberties. Nasser Al Attiyah of Qatar, winner of the 2015 Dakar Rally auto category, Muslim youths who set fire to churches and looted them, those who persecute and kill their Christian The prime minister adopted holds the country’s flag while celebrating on the podium in Buenos Aires shops in the capital Niamey after authorities banned compatriots or foreigners who live on our soil, have a harder stance on the need yesterday.