ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Tuesday 12 November 2013 9 Moharram 1435 - Volume 18 Number 5881 Price: QR2 Call for carbon Messi ruled mitigating out for up to solutions two months Business | 17 Sport | 28 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Prosecution PM opens Civil Defence expo probing claims by Guardian Qatar under attack over Cup: Al Marri DOHA: Qatar’s government has “Qatar is under attack by the asked the Public Prosecution to media simply because it has won investigate the allegations lev- the coveted 2022 World Cup bid,” elled by The Guardian newspa- he said. Al Marri told Al Jazeera per about the abuse of Nepalese that in more than 3,000 court workers. cases filed by workers in the coun- Since the Public Prosecution is try, the rulings have been against an independent judicial author- the employers who included com- ity, the Qatari government wants panies and individuals. to know how far Regarding the young those accusations British woman teacher are true, said the who was found dead Attorney-General. last month, he said The Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani, accompanied by ministers and officials, touring stalls “That’s basically authorities at the after inaugurating the 4th Civil Defence Exhibition and Conference at Qatar National Convention Centre yesterday. Full report on page 2 the reason why the Ministry of Interior government has caught the culprit in asked the Public less than 24 hours. Prosecution to con- Investigations in the duct an investiga- matter are still going tion,” Dr Ali bin on, said the Attorney- Neighbourhoods hit by ‘free visa’ youth Fetais Al Marri General who heads the (pictured) told Public Prosecution. DOHA: Some in the Qatari “It seems their sponsors have The Vice-Chairman of the has not taken up the issue of Al Jazeera Arabic Talking about community have begun feel- abandoned them. Why don’t they Central Municipal Council free visas for debate because in Channel yesterday. the convicted poet ing the negative impact of the send them back? I have informed (CMC), meanwhile, told The its view the Ministry of Interior The accusations Mohamed Zaib, he said thriving illegal visa trade as the police,” said the caller. Peninsula that in his view the and the Ministry of Labour and carried a Guardian report have he had committed a crime which groups of young and unem- He said the youth create nui- Ministry of Labour and Social Social Affairs are doing enough been referred to the Public was punishable under the law. He ployed expatriate youth are sance and intercept people pass- Affairs should join hands with the to tackle the problem. Prosecution by the Prime insulted the Emir in person and seen idling away in some resi- ing by and ask for jobs. “Some ask ministries of Foreign Affairs and CMC member, Ibrahim Al Minister and Interior Minister, incited overthrow of the regime dential areas. for financial help as well.” Interior and set up a committee Ibrahim, said the illegal visa trade H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser which is a crime under Qatari law. These youth are suspected “They are a threat to security. that should issue visas after care- was lucrative for its perpetrators bin Khalifa Al Thani, for investi- “I am not satisfied with the to have landed here on visas of They don’t have money. They ful scrutiny of applicants. since for some nationalities the gation, Al Marri said. Appeals Court’s decision reducing companies that do not seem to don’t have jobs.” “I think that can help effec- “price” per visa had gone up to He told Al Jazeera’s popular his life sentence to 15 years in jail. have work for them, some Qataris Another caller who gave his tively fight the free visa menace,” as high as QR40,000. programme Al Umaq (In-Depth) There was no legal justification told Qatar Radio’s popular call- name as Abu Mohamed sug- said Jassem Abdullah Al Malki. A businessman, Saleh Rashid that the Prosecution had begun for that,” said Al Marri. in programme, Good Morning, My gested that to crack down on the Al Malki said the problem was Al Athba, meanwhile, told Al investigation and its outcome He said the arrest and convic- Beloved Qatar! yesterday. illegal visa trade, the Ministry of that many workers who arrived Sharq in remarks published on would be announced as soon as tion of Zaib was a legal and not a “There is a group of African Labour and Social Affairs set up here on free visas had bought Sunday that for some African the probe was over. political issue. “It has nothing to youth living in our neighbourhood. a company in association with the those visas in their home coun- countries the visa “rates” were The Attorney-General said if do with Arab Spring. He (Zaib) “They don’t have jobs. They private sector and that company tries by spending a lot of money about $10,000. Companies that investigations show that the alle- has admitted that and his state- don’t sleep the whole night and sponsor foreign workers. which they had raised through “sell” these visas have agents gations are false, legal action will ment to that effect is recorded,” create nuisance,” a caller who That way the visa trade can loans. “So, many of these workers through whom they promote be taken against reporters and said the Attorney-General. said he was from Madinat Khalifa be brought to an end, the caller are in debt.” their “business”. publishers. THE PENINSULA told the programme. added. According to him, the CMC THE PENINSULA Candle-lit study Saudi camel tests Club to hold egg-throwing contest positive for MERS DOHA: The Qatar Scientific Club is organising a contest to award RIYADH: The Saudi govern- those who can throw an egg from the height of seven metres with- ment said yesterday that a out breaking it. The event will be held on November 23. The club camel in Jeddah had tested pos- will award QR3,000 and QR2,000 for the first and second place win- itive for MERS, the first case ners, while QR1,000 will be awarded to all those who build a device of an animal infected with the that can toss an egg without breaking it. Many other prizes will also coronavirus that has killed 64 be presented to those who voice scientific opinions on different top- people worldwide. ics. The contest will be conducted in family gatherings in Mesaimeer The camel owned by a person and is sponsored by many companies, Al Sharq reported yesterday. diagnosed with the disease had It aims at encouraging creativity among youngsters. “tested positive in preliminary checks,” the health ministry said, Tunisian sets himself ablaze adding it was working with other ministries to “isolate the virus TUNIS: A 32-year-old man from a poor neighbourhood of the and compare its genetic structure Tunisian capital set himself on fire outside a government building with that of the patient”. yesterday, the emergency services said. He suffered third-degree If the virus carried by the camel burns to his face, chest and hands and was rushed to a specialist and that of the patient “prove to medical clinic in the Ben Arous suburb of Tunis, said emergency be identical, this would be a first services representative Mongi El Kadhi. Hailing from the impov- scientific discovery worldwide, erished Intilakha district, the young man was a victim of deprived and a door to identify the source social circumstances and suffered psychological problems, and had of the virus”, the ministry added. tried to kill himself last month by leaping from an electricity pylon, Palestinian refugee children study in their home during outage in Al Shatea refugee camp in the west of Gaza Kadhi said. AGENCIES Mortar fire kills 9 city yesterday. The Gaza Strip is experiencing daily outages up to 16 hours due to lack of fuel. kids in Damascus DAMASCUS: Nine schoolchil- Call rates to Philippines slashed dren were killed and 27 people Donation drive for typhoon-hit Filipinos wounded when mortar rounds DOHA: Ooredoo and Vodafone have slashed international call hit a school and a school bus in rates to the Philippines, in the wake of the Typhoon Haiyan that DOHA: There are about 50,000 at least 20 to 25 compatriots they launched a fund-raiser in the Syrian capital Damascus hit the central parts of the country. to 60,000 Filipinos in Qatar until yesterday that their homes coordination with their embassy. yesterday, state television For Vodafone prepaid and postpaid customers, all calls to the from the typhoon-hit Visayas were swept away by the powerful The umbrella body, he said, reported. Philippines will cost 49 dirhams per minute until midnight on region of the Philippines and typhoon. “We don’t so far know if was set up two months ago and “The toll in the terrorist tar- November 16. Ooredoo has cut the rates to 50 dirhams per minute many may have lost their homes someone has also lost a relative this was the third donation cam- geting of the St John of Damascus when customers use the international Saver Key on Hala. in the devastation. in the tragic storm that has left paign launched by it. “Our first school has risen to five dead, all of The reduced rates will be available from today until November Rough estimates put the thousands dead and hundreds of campaign was for the war victims them children, and 27 injured,” it 16.