LOCAL TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2013 Policeman charged with rape of Chinese woman in Salmiya Two hurt in crash : A police officer was released on bail fol- ed permission to land on Saturday afternoon. 493 ment after crime scene investigators examined the lowing questioning in rape charges pressed in passengers waited for four hours until a second air- scene. Detectives are waiting for the autopsy Salmiya recently. The case was filed by a Chinese craft arrived and took them to their destination. report to reveal the cause of death. woman who said that the man kidnapped her out- side a mall in the area then sexually assaulted her Phone thief Road accident before escaping. The suspect was identified A man was arrested for stealing smart phones Two people were critically wounded in an acci- through the license plate number of his car and which he sold approximately four times less than dent late Saturday night on the Gulf Road. Police summoned for questioning during which he their original prices. The arrest happened in and paramedics rushed to the scene near Bneid Al- BEIRUT: Lebanese officials at the inauguration of new wards at Al-Najda Al-Shaabia denied the accusations. Investigations are ongoing Salmiya where the suspect sold three iPhones to an Gar following an emergency call about a car that Hospital yesterday. at the Criminal Investigations Department. undercover agent for KD 55. After verifying crashed into a lamppost. The driver, a 27-year-old through the serial number that the phones were Kuwaiti man, was rushed to and Kuwaiti-funded hospital Drug smuggling stolen, the Kuwaiti man confessed of breaking into admitted inside the intensive care unit. His com- Investigations are ongoing to arrest people who phone shops in Abu Halifa after midnight and then panion, a 25-year-old Kuwaiti woman, was taken to in Lebanon expanded tried to smuggle 7,300 drug pills found hidden in sold the stolen phones outside the Ahmadi the same hospital and diagnosed with a broken shipment that arrived from Egypt Sunday. Land Governorate to avoid raising suspicions. The man pelvis and head injury. A case was filed to investi- BEIRUT: A member of the Lebanese nificant because it was built in South Lebanon customs officials in Sulaibiya put a shipment of fur- added that he made as much as KD16,000 from his gate the circumstances behind the accident. Parliament, on occasion of expanding a at a time the country was “in the darkest times niture and utensils under extensive inspection and thefts. He was referred to the authorities to face Kuwaiti-funded hospital, yesterday lauded and because its presence was quite helpful for found the pills hidden inside a large pot. Orders charges. MPs mediate Kuwait for supporting Lebanon in various steadfastness of the natives,” said Jaber, allud- were given to summon an Egyptian man identified At least two MPs stepped in to allow a blacklist- spheres namely financing construction of med- ing to the 1982 Israeli invasion that had peaked as the person who ordered the shipment. (Rai) Body found ed man to enter Kuwait on Sunday, Al-Watan daily ical centers and hospitals. with the Israeli forces taking control of the Investigations are ongoing to determine the cir- reported yesterday. The UAE national reportedly Yassin Jaber, member of the parliamentary whole south and encircling the capital, Beirut. Emergency landing cumstances behind the death of a middle-aged called a Kuwaiti lawmaker soon after officials at the Liberation and Development Bloc, expressed Jaber also lauded Kuwait’s aid for rebuilding A Dubai-bound aircraft made an emergency man found dead in his Mangaf house. Paramedics Saad Al-Abdullah Airport informed him that he is admiration for Kuwait while inaugurating new the Lebanese houses and properties, demol- landing in Kuwait following technical problems pronounced the 53-year-old Saudi national dead not allowed to enter the country as per a ban wards of Al-Najda Al-Shaabia Hospital, built in ished in Israeli offensives on the country in during a flight from New York. Authorities at the inside his bedroom where he was found uncon- enforced in 2008. The man was allowed entry two 1982 with Kuwaiti financial support. 2006. Kuwait had also built the public hospital Kuwait International Airport were put on high alert scious by his family before making an emergency hours later after another MP he called spoke to offi- Construction of this hospital was quite sig- in the southern town of Nabatiyah.—KUNA in anticipation of the plane whose captain request- call. The body was taken to the forensic depart- cials, according to the report. Dutch PM visits KNPC launches Kuwait Petroleum KD 68mn tender to expand Ahmadi refinery in Rotterdam fuel depot BRUSSELS : Dutch Prime Minister new training program KPE is able to KUWAIT: Kuwait National Petroleum Company Mark Rutte accompanied by high level better educate and train its new (KNPC) has launched a KD 68 million (USD 241 government officials and representa- employees,” said Salmeen. million) tender for the expansion and renovation tives from Dutch employer and KPE has invested more than USD of Ahmadi fuel depot, KNPC Public Relations employee associations visited the 120 million in the “Turnaround” at the Director Mohammad Mansour Al-Ajmi said here Kuwait Petroleum Europort (KPE) refin- refinery which is necessary to maintain yesterday. The project aims at increasing the ery in Rotterdam yesterday. a safe and reliable operation. storage capacity of the depot, by building 11 “KPE had been selected for this visit Turnarounds are scheduled events additional storage units, to hold larger amount by the Dutch government because it is wherein an entire process unit of a of fuel to meet future market demands. The a well-known employer in the port of refinery is taken offstream for an depot will be equipped with the latest automat- Rotterdam,” Wael Salmeen, Managing extended period for revamp and ic control systems, he said. Director of KPE, told Kuwait News renewal. The scope of this Turnaround The tender was launched with the goal of Agency (KUNA). is the highest in the history of KPE, National Assembly Office completing the project by the end of 2017, Al- After a bus tour on the refinery stressed Salmeen. The refinery will Ajmi noted. KNPC is working on a strategic plan premises, Rutte and his delegation now run for five years continuously to supply future fuel needs until year 2030 were welcomed in the Maintenance without any planned mechanical holds weekly meeting through studying various projects, such as Rotating Workshop by KPE activities.“ We have been working for building new fuel depots in Mitla’a area to pro- Management and technicians. more than two years on preparations KUWAIT : The National Assembly Office held its weekly meet- The session will be inaugurated by His Highness the vide fuel for Kuwait’s northern and westerns “In addition to the investments in and proper planning. The start of the ing yesterday under chairmanship of Speaker Marzouq Al- Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah today, the parts. KNPC has three major refineries: Mina the refinery itself, KPE also invests Turnaround was very promising. All Ghanim, with members of the office attending. During the Office’s Secretary Abdulmehsen Al-Saneaa said in a press Abdullah, Mina Al-Ahmadi and Subhan with a heavily in the education of its employ- units have been shut down without meeting, the office reviewed preparations of the National statement. Also, Al-Saneaa added that the Office decided collective production capacity of 936,000 barrel ees. KPE has recently developed a new any safety incidents, without environ- Assembly General Secretariat for the inauguration of the sec- to revoke the project of a new building for members, as a day that supplies local markets of its petrole- Maintenance training program for its mental impact and on time,” he ond ordinary parliamentary session of the 14th legislative well as the information center for the Ministry of Public um needs. — KUNA Maintenance Technicians. With this added. - KUNA term of the Kuwaiti National Assembly. Works. — KUNA