ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Oil price drops over $2 to five-year low Business | 18 Tuesday 9 December 2014 • 17 Safar 1436 • Volume 19 Number 6274 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Emir receives Kyrgyz president CIA torture Stiff penalty report release today despite for insulting backlash fears WASHINGTON: The US Senate will release a long- delayed report today into the Gulf flags CIA’s brutal interrogation of Al Qaeda suspects following the 2001 attacks, as American Advisory Council approves draft law interests abroad take pre- cautions ahead of a possible DOHA: A draft law approved would constitute a serious crime. backlash. by the Advisory Council yester- The fine for the above crime was White House officials con- day proposes stringent punish- up to QR15,000 but the draft firmed yesterday they expect ment for insulting the national seeks to raise it to QR200,000. the report to be published, even flags of Qatar and other The draft law contains pro- though US Secretary of State GCC states. posed amendments to some five John Kerry warned late last week The draft also seeks to declare articles of Law Number 11 of about the impact it could have quackery, whereby people claim 2004, Al Sharq reported yesterday. around the world. to have spiritual and healing pow- The draft was referred to the While heavily redacted, the ers, a serious health fraud pun- Advisory Council on November The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani with Kyrgyz Republic President Almazbek Atambayev at the report is expected to be a damning ishable with deterrent jail terms 23 by the Secretariat General of Emiri Diwan yesterday. The two countries signed a number of deals. indictment of a secret programme and fines. the State Cabinet. The Council under the previous administra- Collecting donations in an referred it to its legal committee tion of former president George unauthorised way is also being for a review. W Bush to question dozens of made a serious offence which is After the legal committee sent detainees. proposed to be punished with it back, the Council debated its Since coming to office in 2009, a year of jail and fine up to provisions threadbare. Some Kuwait employs most GCC President Barack Obama has QR50,000 or either. members said the punitive action sought to distance the United The draft also proposes that proposed against public servants States from the previous pro- public servants hindering the for impeding the implementation gramme and outlawed harsh implementation of court deci- of court decisions was harsh. citizens; Qatar ranks third interrogation techniques which sions or the decision of the Public They said errant public serv- he has denounced as “torture.” Prosecution by misusing their ants should be given a warning DOHA: Kuwait is the larg- employment. Some 792 GCC ranked third with a total of 1,492, “We have heard from the com- office or position be sent to jail for before legal action. The draft also est employer of nationals from citizens were in private jobs in or nine percent of the regional mittee that they do intend to up to three years and fined up to proposes that the public servant other GCC states, with Qatar Qatar while the number of those total. Bahrain had just 99 nation- release the report tomorrow,” QR10,000. In the existing law, the can be dismissed if found guilty. ranking third. in state jobs was double at 1,492, als of other GCC states employed White House spokesman Josh punishment for the above crime It is interesting to note that in Some 35,000 GCC nationals QNA reported yesterday citing in the government sector. The fig- Earnest told reporters. is jail for up to two years and no the draft law, collecting donations were in 2013 working in coun- figures released by the General ures for Oman and Saudi Arabia “Prudent steps” had been fine is prescribed. for any cause without permission tries within the bloc that were not Secretariat of the GCC. were 44 and 23, respectively. taken to reinforce security at US According to the draft which or using others to collect donation their home countries, and roughly There were 13,000 GCC nation- However, the UAE ranked third facilities and diplomatic missions was approved unanimously by has been clubbed with crimes like half of them were in private jobs. als employed by the private sector in the number of GCC nationals abroad in case the report, much the Advisory Council, people gambling and drinking. So there Kuwait’s share alone in the in one another’s countries in 2004. who were enjoying post-retire- of which has already been leaked, found insulting Qatar’s national is a proposal to make it a serious overall regional employment was This number rose barely 29 per- ment benefits after being in gov- triggers anger, he added. flag or the national flag of any offence. more than 22,500. Of these, over cent to 17,000 in nine years by 2013. ernment jobs. The total was 4,287. “That said, the administration other GCC state or of any inter- Newspapers inserting adver- 12,500 were in private jobs and The number of GCC nationals in Kuwait ranked next with a strongly supports the release of national entity could be jailed for tisements for such donations the remaining were engaged in government jobs in one another’s total of 4,066 followed by Qatar this declassified summary of the up to three years and fined up to could face jail terms of up to a the government sector. countries had almost doubled in (1,531). The figures for Bahrain, report,” Earnest said. QR200,000. year and a fine not exceeding Qatar had a total of 2,284 citi- this period, from 9,000 in 2004 to Oman and Saudi Arabia were 61, The report is understood to The draft proposes that damag- QR200,000 and the amount of zens of other GCC states work- 17,658 in 2013. Again, 65 percent 44 and 17, respectively. cover the treatment of around ing the flag or tearing it or bring- donation thus collected is to be ing in its territory, and two-thirds of these were employed in Kuwait, THE PENINSULA 100 terror suspects rounded up ing it down in an insulting way confiscated. THE PENINSULA of them were in government followed by UAE (6,000). Qatar Continued on page 6 by US operatives. AFP Murdered US woman was Smart home: Check from office what’s happening at home BY SACHIN KUMAR The user will be able to lock entered the house,” a senior offi- the bandwidth. It means that if If you think the idea of smart molested, and unlock the door to check who cial of Ooredoo told The Peninsula. the user wants to view a movie home is futuristic and will take DOHA: Soon you will be able to entered the house. The users, “Currently many residents have in high definition mode, he will many years to turn into reality, court told monitor and control your house at any time of the day, will be automated security and other fea- be able to pay for this bandwidth then you are wrong because it is from your office. able to watch what his children tures installed at their home. We only for the length of the movie. expected to become reality in near DOHA: A young American Ooredoo is expected to launch or other family members are are integrating all these features He will not be required to sub- futre. woman found murdered in her ‘smart home’ concept in the near doing at home as cameras in the at a single place- on your smart scribe for this bandwidth for a day “The concept of smart home is apartment here on November future which will enable a user to house will be connected to the phone,” he said. or month. not about the distant future, peo- 14, 2012 was sexually assaulted see what is happening at home on smartphone. The smart homes will also have Another App which will make ple will be able to see this concept before being stabbed to death, his phone. “A person will be able to pre- next generation smart TVs which life of users easy is controlling soon,” said the official. the court hearing the case has Under the technology, the configure conditions on which he will allow people to do shopping your car through phone. These apps will be available on been told. phone will have Ooredoo devel- should get alert. If the alert is set through Ooredoo developed “With the help of this app, peo- multiple platforms like Android A Kenyan security guard of oped Apps (applications) that will for opening of the door, the user application. The users will have ple will be able to open and lock and iOS. This will allow applica- the building in which the victim, connect different functions of a will get alert every time someone the option to pay instantly or at a car, switch on and turn off ACs tions to be downloaded on hand- Jennifer Brown, was staying is house to a smartphone, turning opens the door. He will instantly the end of the month. The TV through smartphones,” said the sets of different makes. the accused in the sensational that house into ‘smart home’. get pictures of the person who has will also allow the user to select official. THE PENINSULA murder case. A doctor who prepared the medical report told the court she had seen the body of the victim Los Angeles inferno some 12 to 16 hours after her Bahrain cop killed death, on November 15, 2012.