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SUBSCRIPTION THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2017 JAMADA ALAWWAL 26, 1438 AH www.kuwaittimes.net 7 Earth-like Juventus beat planets Porto 2-0, discovered Sevilla beat around 1 star Leicester 2-1 13 19 SEE PAGE 20 Bahrain, India may scrap Min 07º Max 22º maid guarantee scheme High Tide 10:59 & 21:05 Low Tide Controversial $2,500 provision remains in place in Kuwait 04:27 & 15:22 40 PAGES NO: 17150 150 FILS MUSCAT: India and Bahrain are considering scrapping a financial guarantee scheme used to protect migrant French artist entombed in rock for a week maids who are not paid by their employers, in a move activists fear could expose thousands of Indian women PARIS: A French artist was entombed yesterday inside a in the Arab nation. There are more than 300,000 Indian 12-tonne boulder for a week, saying: “I think I can take migrant workers in the tiny Gulf state of one million it.” With the world’s press looking on, the two halves of people, according to the Indian embassy in Manama. the limestone rock were closed on Abraham Poincheval by workmen in a Paris modern art museum. Most are men employed as construction workers, gar- The 44-year-old had hollowed out a hole in the rock deners and drivers. There are also about 15,000 women just big enough for him to sit, with a niche to hold sup- working as maids. plies of water, soup and dried meat. If he survives the Continued on Page 13 ordeal, the artist will then attempt to hatch a dozen eggs by sitting on them for weeks on end. Both parents should Just before he stepped inside the rock at the Palais de Tokyo museum, Poincheval told AFP that claustro- be living in Kuwait phobia was the least of his worries. “We are already locked into our own bodies,” he said. Instead he was to renew child visa more anxious about stopping his mind running riot KUWAIT: The interior ministry’s residency affairs direc- during his confinement. “We did a little test yesterday torate plans to make it mandatory for both parents to and it was absolutely incredible. It felt like I was being be living in Kuwait with valid residency visas to renew carried off on a raft,” the artist said. “One of the big chal- their children’s residency visas, said informed sources. lenges will be to hold onto reality.” The sources added that very few exemptions will be Poincheval had earlier been cagey on the rock’s toi- made, including for female doctors and teachers, let facilities. But as the clock ticked down he came clean allowing them to sponsor their children without the to AFP, admitting he would have to sit on a small con- presence of their husbands in Kuwait. tainer and pee into his water bottles once he had drunk “Exceptions will be made for some categories them. He was stoic about living with his excrement. working for the government, but not the private sec- “The stone will absorb some of the smell,” he said. “I tor,” the sources added. They explained that in case think I can take it.” The artist has spent months mentally an expat divorces his wife, she will not have her resi- and physically preparing himself for the practicalities of PARIS: French artist Abraham Poincheval is seen before the two halves of a 12-tonne limestone boulder were dency renewed if she is in Kuwait and will not be Continued on Page 13 closed on him by workmen for a week at the Palais de Tokyo modern art museum yesterday. — AFP allowed into Kuwait if she is abroad. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2017 LOCAL KUWAIT: His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah welcomes His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah follow- ing his return back home yesterday. — KUNA His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah is welcomed by top state officials. Amir arrives in Kuwait after official visit to Oman KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Al-Saud Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah, His Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah arrived Highness Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad Al- Affairs Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al- yesterday from Oman after he concluded an Ahmad Al-Sabah, His Highness the Prime Sabah, Deputy Minister of the Amiri Diwan official visit to the fellow Gulf Cooperation Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Affairs Sheikh Ali Jarrah Al-Sabah, Deputy Council (GCC) country. His Highness the Amir Al-Sabah, Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Sheikh Sabah met with Sultan Qaboos bin and Acting Minister of Information Sheikh Khaled Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah, Deputy Prime Saeed during his visit. Mohammad Al-Abdullah Al-Mubarak Al- Minister and Minister of Finance Anas Al-Saleh, His Highness the Amir was received at Sabah, senior officials of the army, police, head of His Highness the Amir’s office Ahmad Kuwait International Airport by His Highness Kuwait National Guard (KNG), and Kuwait Fire Fahad Al-Fahad, head of the Amiri protocols the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al- Service Directorate (KFSD). Sheikh Khaled Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah, Deputy Jaber Al-Sabah, Speaker of the National His Highness the Amir was accompanied Minister of Foreign Affairs Khaled Suleiman Al- Speaker of the National Assembly Marzouq Al-Ghanem welcomes His Highness the Assembly Marzouq Al-Ghanem, Sheikh Jaber during the visit by Deputy Chief of KNG Sheikh Jarallah, and other senior officials from the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. Al-Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Sheikh Faisal Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, First Amiri Diwan and foreign ministry. — KUNA Amir sends letter to IOM’s Director GENEVA: His Highness the Amir of Ghunaim said that he had a meet- have met with His Highness the Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al- ing with Swing, discussing results Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad and Jaber Al-Sabah sent a letter to of the IOM Director’s recent visit to other senior Kuwaiti officials. Director General of the Kuwait. “I have conveyed greetings He also lauded Kuwait’s involve- International Organization for from Kuwait’s First Deputy Prime ment in the Syria donors’ confer- Migration (IOM) William Lacy Minister and Minister of Foreign ence, which is scheduled soon in Swing, said a Kuwaiti diplomat yes- Affairs Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al- Brussels. Documenting Kuwaiti terday. The letter focused on Hamad Al-Sabah to Swing,” said humanitarian work, whether in Kuwait’s efforts in the humanitari- Ghunaim, who affirmed that the film or any other medium, is an domain, said Ambassador Jamal Kuwaiti Foreign Ministry was keen important to showcase Kuwait’s Al-Ghunaim, Kuwait’s Permanent on developing ties with the IOM. global efforts, said the IOM delegate to the UN and interna- Meanwhile, Swing thanked the Director who hoped that the tional organizations headquarters Kuwaiti leadership and people for organization and the Gulf country in Geneva. their hospitality during the visit, would continue to coordinate their After handing the letter, affirming that he was honored to efforts in the future. —KUNA KUWAIT: His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received at Bayan Palace yes- terday His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. — KUNA KUWAIT: Ambassador of France to Kuwait Christian Nakhle awarded professor Joseph Iannaca, head of the French department at the American University of Kuwait (AUK), with the French National Order of Academic Palms, and that during the ceremony held recently at his residence. —Photos by Joseph Shagra THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2017 LOCAL Premier must clampdown on corruption to avoid grilling: MP MP Adasani to demand special debate on housing By B Izzak ed grillings and other practices to personal bar- gaining because they have become used to KUWAIT: MP Youssef Al-Fadhalah said yester- dishonest parliamentary practices. The law- day that Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al- maker said that he is not making the threats to Mubarak Al-Sabah must hold to account cor- make any personal gains, insisting that he rupt senior officials at the health ministry and entered the assembly clean and will leave as he answer his questions in order to avoid ques- entered. Fadhalah said that based on informa- tioning next month. Fadhalah warned on tion he received, the minister of health wanted Tuesday that he will file to grill the prime minis- to hold to account a number of officials but his ter on March 5 if he fails to support Health request was rejected and they tried to stop Minister Jamal Al-Harbi who wanted to dismiss him. He claimed that this is an indication that a number of alleged senior officials from the the “deep state” has started moving to safe- ministry but was not backed by the premier guard corrupt elements. A large number of and the cabinet. lawmakers have already expressed their back- ing for Fadhalah pledge to grill the prime min- KUWIT: Ukrainian Ambassador Dr Volodymr Tolkach (right) speaks during a press KD 750 million ister over the health ministry alleged corrup- conference held yesterday with Dr Ali Jowhar. —Photo by Ben Garcia The lawmaker said that KD 750 million were tion and several other issues. spent by the health ministry for sending MP Youssef Al-Fadhalah patients abroad for treatment and no one was Special debate law to tackle conflict of interests, resolving Ukraine’s Ambassador woos held to account for this.