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SHAWWAL 17, 1441 AH TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 2020 20 Pages Max 47º Min 32º 150 Fils Established 1961 ISSUE NO: 18151 The First Daily in the Arabian Gulf www.kuwaittimes.net Scarred, scared: Post-COVID Iranian photog sees Palestinians fear expulsion Bodybuilders flex muscles, 9 consumers not their old selves 15 chance for solidarity 16 for Jerusalem hi-tech hub 19 call for India gyms to open Panel close to approving private sector salary cuts Some mosques to reopen • Speaker meets PM • MP urges more virus tests By B Izzak weeks and the main stumbling block was to find a way to protect Kuwaitis, Kuwait arrests KUWAIT: The National Assembly’s who form around two percent of the financial and economic affairs com- private sector workforce. Hashem said mittee yesterday reviewed govern- the amendments provide such protec- B’deshi MP over ment-sponsored amendments to the tion, but the committee wants to make labor law to allow companies impact- them permanent and not only during human trafficking ed by the crisis to cut salaries of their the coronavirus crisis. employees. Head of the committee MP She claimed that the labor law in KUWAIT: A Bangladeshi lawmaker has been Safa Al-Hashem said the amendments the private sector provides expatri- arrested in Kuwait for his alleged involvement in provide sufficient guarantees to pro- ates with more benefits than their human trafficking and money laundering, offi- tect Kuwaitis employed in the private Kuwaiti counterparts and needs to be cials confirmed on Sunday. Mohammad Shahid sector, and even if they are laid off, amended, adding that it was written Islam, widely known as Kazi Papul, is a member the government labor support will be by “expat legal advisors”. She said a of parliament from Laxmipur district. “Yes, our immediately doubled. special meeting will be held tomorrow ambassador in Kuwait reported that he has The amendments allow private sec- over the amendments and that a final been arrested on charges of money laundering tor companies impacted by the coro- meeting to approve them will be con- and trafficking,” Bangladesh’s Foreign Minister navirus crisis to cut the salaries of vened next Sunday, adding that they AK Abdul Momen told Anadolu Agency. their employees or ask them to take are likely to be approved by the KUWAIT: National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem meets HH the Prime their annual leaves during a period to Assembly on June 16. Quoting Bangladesh ambassador in Kuwait Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah. —– KUNA be determined by the government. The ministry of awqaf and Islamic SM Abul Kalam, the foreign minister added: “He Although the labor law clearly forbids affairs has given the green light to five daily prayers starting with the Afasi noted that the ministry has com- has a big company in Kuwait and he is its Chief companies from cutting the salaries of mosques in some areas to reopen Executive Officer [CEO].” Islam, also a busi- noon prayer on June 10. pleted all preparations for reopening their employees under any circum- tomorrow after almost three months He however noted that the weekly mosques and will abide by all preven- nessman, is in Kuwait since late March. He was stances, many private firms, including due to the novel coronavirus out- Friday noon sermon and prayer will be tive and precautionary measures out- arrested from his home in Mishref residential large ones, have already either laid off break. In a press statement, Minister performed only at the Grand Mosque lined by the state’s health authorities area by Kuwait’s Criminal Investigation hundreds of staff, cut their pay or of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs Fahd Al- in Kuwait City and will be broadcast to prevent the spread of the virus. Department (CID), according to local media forced them to take unpaid leave. Afasi said mosques in model residen- on Kuwait TV. Only the mosque’s Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al- reports. The amendments have been under tial areas and sparsely-populated preachers and staff will be allowed to Ghanem held talks with HH the Prime Continued on Page 16 study in the Assembly for several areas will receive worshipers for the attend this prayer, the minister said. Continued on Page 16 Mall operators Global coronavirus cases hit curb expansion 7 million, deaths top 400,000 as retailers reel SANTIAGO: The number of coron- toll at more than 36,000, but avirus infections globally topped sev- President Jair Bolsonaro continues to DUBAI: Mall operators in the Gulf region are en million yesterday as deaths mount- play down the impact of the virus. In delaying new mega-projects as the coronavirus ed in Latin America, but New Chile the confirmed death toll reached pandemic and low oil prices upend a retail industry Zealand’s declaration of victory 2,290 after miscalculations from built around huge centers catering to tourists and against the pandemic offered some March and April were corrected, wealthy locals. Majid Al Futtaim (MAF), the Middle hope for the rest of the world. Rising adding 1,541 to the figure, health min- numbers of deaths were recorded ister Jaime Manalich said Sunday. East’s biggest mall-operator, told Reuters it had from Brazil to Mexico to Peru, driving Europe also continued to emerge delayed the launch of its fifth and largest center in the confirmed global death toll above from its lockdown, with Pope Francis Oman, the 145,000 sq m Mall of Oman, because 400,000 and the number of declared proclaiming that the worst was over in retailers did not have the cash at hand to fit out infections over seven million, accord- Italy although he expressed sympathy NEW DELHI: Muslim devotees leave after offering prayers at the Jama Masjid in stores. ing to an AFP tally. for Latin America.”Your presence in In Dubai, Emaar Malls halted construction on the old quarter of the capital as places of worship, hotels, restaurants and shop- Brazil’s crisis is escalating and it the square is a sign that in Italy the ping malls were allowed to operate again yesterday. — AFP two projects, according to two sources familiar with has the world’s third-highest death Continued on Page 16 the plans. They are a mall near the site of the Expo 2020 world fair, which has been delayed by a year to next October, and a 185,000 sq m mall in the Dubai Hills residential area, the people said. Emaar Minneapolis vows Malls, owner and operator of the world’s largest No students in shopping centre, Dubai Mall, did not respond to a request for comment. to dismantle cops; school without “In malls under construction, timelines are being revisited. This is a fluid situation,” MAF’s Chief Powell flays Trump Executive Alain Bejjani told Reuters. “We will see vaccine: Manila how it goes and adapt,” he added. “It will be the WASHINGTON: Councilors in the US city of MANILA: Tens of millions of children in the case for the coming 12 months.” Luxury malls, fea- Minneapolis pledged late Sunday to dismantle and Philippines will not be allowed back to school turing international brands and entertainments such rebuild the police department, after the death in until a coronavirus vaccine is available, officials as dancing fountains and indoor ski slopes, have custody of George Floyd sparked nationwide announced yesterday, saying they may have to been the cornerstone of the oil-producing region’s protests about racism in law enforcement, pushing broadcast lessons on TV. Nations like France retail industry, especially during the blistering sum- the issue onto the national political agenda. Floyd and South Korea began resuming face-to-face mer months. was killed on May 25 when white Minneapolis MINNEAPOLIS: A man kneels in front of a US flag at a classes as they got their outbreaks under con- A growing population and steady stream of police officer Derek Chauvin pressed his knee on memorial for George Floyd following a day of trol, but Philippine authorities see the risk as too tourists has seen more projects planned in recent the unarmed black man’s neck for nearly nine min- demonstrations on Sunday. — AFP great. years even as competition has intensified and foot- utes. Chauvin has been charged with second- President Rodrigo Duterte said last month fall has levelled off. Last year, Alpen Capital forecast degree murder and was to appear in court yester- “Defund the Police” rally. He later told AFP he sup- that even if students could not graduate, they the Gulf retail sector to grow from $253 billion in day. ported “massive structural reform to revise this “We committed to dismantling policing as we structurally racist system” but not “abolishing the needed to stay out of school to fight the spread 2018 to $308 billion in 2023. of the disease. “We will comply with the presi- The pandemic has changed the game in a matter know it in the city of Minneapolis and to rebuild entire police department.” with our community a new model of public safety Bystander video of the incident - which captured dent’s directive to postpone face-to-face class- of months, though. Brick-and-mortar retailers have es until a vaccine is available,” education secre- been among the worst hit by coronavirus closures. that actually keeps our community safe,” Council Floyd calling for his mother and saying he could not President Lisa Bender told CNN, after a majority of breathe - has sparked two weeks of mostly peaceful tary Leonor Briones said in a statement yester- At Dubai’s Mall of the Emirates last week, several day. shop fronts were boarded up and rental dispute councilors committed to the effort.

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