SUBSCRIPTION THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 2014 JAMADA ALTHANI 24, 1435 AH www.kuwaittimes.net Kuwait Obama arrives Erdogan offers Benzema to release in Japan for condolences puts Real in detailed tension-filled for 1915 charge against expat stats3 Asia trip7 Armenia9 killings holders20 Bayern Qatar says dispute with Max 40º Min 24º Gulf neighbors is ‘over’ High Tide 07:59 & 18:44 Saudi prince warns enemies could exploit rift Low Tide 01:01 & 13:08 40 PAGES NO: 16145 150 FILS By Abdelatif Sharaa and Agencies Brotherhood. Kuwait has played media- conspiracy theories tor between the two sides. Foreign min- KUWAIT: Qatar has ended a dispute with isters from the six GCC states met in three of its Arab Gulf neighbors, the coun- Riyadh April 17 and reached an agree- Till death do us part try’s foreign minister said during a press ment to end the dispute but details on conference yesterday but acknowledged the agreement were not made public. that diplomats withdrawn over the dis- “Brothers in the GCC states arrived at an pute have yet to return to Doha. “For the understanding which is not considered a brothers in the Gulf Cooperation Council concession by any party,” the Qatari min- (GCC) the dispute is over...but it’s up to ister said. By Badrya Darwish them to ask their ambassadors to return,” A statement attributed to Saudi Khaled Al-Attiyah told a press conference Arabia that the three ambassadors would at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Kuwait not return until Doha started to imple- City. Attiyah arrived yesterday for a meet- ment the agreement was “inaccurate”, ing with his Kuwaiti counterpart Sheikh Attiyah said. At the meeting in Riyadh, [email protected] Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah. the ministers agreed that the policies of Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the United GCC member states should not under- Arab Emirates recalled their ambassadors mine each other’s “interests, security and from Qatar in early March due to what stability”. The GCC is comprised of iring David Moyes, the coach of the popular the three GCC states say was Doha’s Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Manchester United football club, was not a KUWAIT: Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah (right) and meddling in their internal affairs and Arabia and the UAE. surprise. If you are a football fan, I am sure you his Qatari counterpart Khaled Al-Attiyah exchange agreements at the Foreign F Ministry yesterday. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat supporting the banned Muslim Continued on Page 15 know that since Moyes took the reins from Sir Alex Ferguson nearly a year ago, the performance of the club deteriorated drastically. Since 1992, the worst position Manchester United - the team that has Couple arrested for killing maid won the English Premier League the most times - ever finished was third place. The fact that they are 7th now is a negative record already. This is their worst finish ever. Manchester United also failed to qualify for the Champions League for first time Barrak’s corruption since 1995, which is the lowest ever point for the team. In fact, Moyes took over a club who were claims cause furore champions last season. However, my idea is not to write about football. PM grilling to be filed today My point is that the management of the club imme- diately noticed that someone is not taking the club By Staff Reporter Barrak claims he has well-documented upward, leave alone the colossal losses. It was information and related documents enough reason for a replacement. There is no wasta KUWAIT: A hard-hitting television about inflated bank accounts, in addi- (connections), it does not matter which tribe you interview by opposition leader and for- tion to transfers of funds. belong to. It is your performance that matters. mer MP Musallam Al-Barrak in which The lawmaker said that Barrak also A similar scenario took place in the United he made major corruption allegations made strong accusations against mem- Kingdom two weeks ago when cultural secretary became the focal point of political bers of the National Assembly and the Maria Miller quit her job after being accused by par- activity yesterday, with a lawmaker government, indicating that they are liament of overspending by nearly £45,000. This calling for a criminal investigation and not doing their job to safeguard public amount in the Arab world is not enough to buy a the government urging a funds. Sane proposed that halt to baseless accusations. the interview be sent to the car for a parliamentarian or a high-ranking official. Barrak had alleged in the public prosecution which Still, the lady was forced to step down. interview to Al-Youm satel- should launch a criminal Imagine if we in the Arab world followed the lite television that the bank investigation into the issue same system. Unfortunately, in my part of the account of a former senior in order to uncover the world, people think that positions are inherited official increased from a truth behind Barrak’s accu- from their grandfathers and do not belong to the ‘mere’ $235 million in June sations. country. Whether they perform badly or lose bil- 2007 to as much as $23 bil- The Cabinet meanwhile lions in projects and not just £45,000, they hold lion in December last year. expressed “indignation” and their positions for 20 and 30 years without accom- He also accused that official concern over accusations in plishing anything. They fight to hold the positions of making transfers of hun- the media including social Musallam Al-Barrak as if they are part of their lives. They are not ready dreds of millions of dollars networks that are made to part with the positions till death takes them to several people in apparent political without evidence and constitute acts of apart. corruption scandals. But the outspo- defamation against people, especially This happens in all fields and in all countries in ken former lawmaker did not reveal those against the judiciary. A statement KUWAIT: This combo of images shows the body of an Asian maid who was beat- the Middle East. We have a system where there is no the name of the senior official or the issued by State Minister for Cabinet en to death and dumped in South Surra. accountability. It is whom you know and who you names of people who received the Affairs Sheikh Mohammad Al-Abdullah By Hanan Al-Saadoun severely beat and injured the victim, are connected to. This is most important. Whether alleged kickbacks. Al-Sabah said such unsubstantiated leading to her death. They then dumped you bring the country down or the football club, MP Yacoub Al-Sane called for refer- claims are against the values of the KUWAIT: A citizen and his wife were her body in an open area in Siddiq. you are still given the chance to stay and stay and ring the interview to the public prose- country, in addition to breaching the arrested yesterday for allegedly killing Detectives who found the body intensi- stay. cution to launch a criminal investigation law. The statement called on people and their Asian maid, whose body was found fied their efforts until they arrested the into the claims made by Barrak, saying if the media to stop repeating such claims I have to admit that I was impressed when King in Siddiq in South Surra on Monday. The suspected killer and his wife. Separately, what he said is true, it necessitates tak- and urged taking the proper path of Abdullah of Saudi Arabia sacked the health minister man confessed providing a false state- the body of an expat was found in ing legal actions against those accused, submitting the claims to the public pros- over the spread of MERS. That is a good start, guys. I ment the day the couple disposed off the Abdaly yesterday. Investigations are and if it is wrong, then legal action must ecution to start an investigation. hope this change of mindset spreads all over the body of the maid, claiming she had ongoing to identify the victim and cause be taken against Barrak. Sane said that Continued on Page 15 Arab world. absconded. The man said he and his wife of death. Another UAE family Palestinians pledge unity Bahrain expels attacked in London Sistani’s envoy DUBAI: Several armed men targeted a family London hotel room and battered three sisters DUBAI: Authorities in Sunni-ruled Bahrain yesterday from the United Arab Emirates by forcing their from the Emirates. Police said theft was the expelled the representative of Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani, way into their London apartment, weeks after a apparent motive. That attack drew the atten- in the latest manifestation of tension with the kingdom’s similar attack in the British capital, state media tion of the top leadership in the Emirates, a sev- Shiite majority. Sheikh Hussein Al-Najati was among 31 in the Gulf nation and police said yesterday. en-state federation that includes Dubai and the Bahrainis who had their citizenship revoked in November The attacks have been front-page news in the oil-rich capital of Abu Dhabi. The Emirati gov- 2012 over accusations that they had undermined state secu- Emirates, where violent crime is rare. The coun- ernment dispatched a high-level government rity, more than a year after authorities crushed a Shiite upris- try has longstanding ties to the United delegation and police officers to meet with the ing in March 2011. The opposition denounced the deporta- Kingdom, and London is a popular destination sisters’ family.