SHAABAN 26, 1440 AH WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 2019 Max 38º 28 Pages Min 19º 150 Fils Established 1961 ISSUE NO: 17821 The First Daily in the Arabian Gulf www.kuwaittimes.net Minister: Municipal council facing Deadly encounters: The night the Revamped Facebook bets on Bikes, shortcuts, bibs for cash: 210challenges to achieve 2035 vision army arrived in a Kashmir village 24 cozier connections, romance 26 Marathon cheats run rampant Cabinet, information ministers grilled; MP files to grill PM Saleh’s interpellation ends quickly • 10 MPs file no-confidence motion against Jabri By B Izzak The lawmaker also insisted that the prime minister is responsible for the fail- Awazem swiftly KUWAIT: As the National Assembly was ure of the government to implement key in the middle of a marathon session policies on correcting the demographic grilling two ministers over alleged viola- structure, which resulted in expatriates raise KD 10m in tions, opposition MP Abdulkareem Al- reaching 3.36 million against just 1.4 mil- Kandari filed a new grilling against HH the lion citizens. During the session yesterday, Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak MP Safa Al-Hashem said Kuwaitis have 'blood money' Al-Sabah for allegedly failing to imple- been victims of rising crimes carried out ment development programs. The first by expatriates, including prostitution and By Nawara Fattahova grilling against Minister of State for drugs. She called for actions by the gov- Cabinet Affairs Anas Al-Saleh ended ernment to force expatriate single males Hidaya Al-Salem KUWAIT: After spending 19 years in prison, Khaled quickly, but in the second grilling, 10 MPs out of mostly-family residential areas. Neqa Al-Azmi, a high-ranking police officer who was filed a no-confidence motion against In the grilling, Kandari also charged convicted of killing a prominent Kuwaiti journalist, Information Minister Mohammad Al-Jabri. that the prime minister is responsible for will be released after the victim's family agreed to Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem told the Council of Ministers conceding parts receive 'blood money' of KD 10 million. In order to reporters the premier’s grilling will be list- of its responsibilities like allowing the collect this large amount, Azmi's family decided to ed on the agenda of the next session. The Amiri Diwan to carry out key projects that seek help from the Azmi tribe. The tribe then applied Assembly decided to debate the grilling of are the work of the government. Kandari for permission from the ministry of social affairs and the two ministers and approve two laws charged that the Council of Ministers labor to legally hold a fundraiser. The ministry till late at night yesterday and cancel the under HH Sheikh Jaber had failed to allowed the tribe to collect the compensation session today. Kandari charged the prime implement the necessary policies to cut amount, with the condition of immediately stopping minister has failed to perform his job as spending and also failed to safeguard the proceedings after the amount of KD 10 million the head of the Council of Ministers, national unity and identity with regards to was raised. which is responsible for drawing and the controversial issue of using illegal Khaled Al-Azmi Continued on Page 24 KUWAIT: Bundles of cash to pay the blood money are seen. implementing public policies and devel- methods to get Kuwaiti citizenship. opment plans. Continued on Page 24 News in brief attempted coup by a small group of Riots erupt in “treacherous” soldiers. And there was little early sign Maduro’s iron grip on the military - which has kept Venezuela amid him in power in a months-long standoff with Guaido - had slipped. On Twitter, he ‘coup’ attempt claimed the military chiefs had assured him of their “total loyalty”. Confusion reigned in CARACAS: Venezuela’s self-proclaimed Caracas as a crowd that swelled to thou- acting president Juan Guaido claimed yes- sands, many waving Venezuelan flags, terday that troops had joined his campaign flocked onto a highway near a Caracas mili- to oust President Nicolas Maduro, whose tary base. government vowed to put down what it Guaido had rallied his supporters with an Amir opens causeway today called an attempted coup by the US- early morning video message that showed backed opposition leader. An apparently him with armed troops he said had heeded KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad carefully planned attempt by Guaido to months of urging to join his campaign to Al-Jaber Al-Sabah will inaugurate the Sheikh oust Maduro. The 35-year-old National demonstrate growing military support dis- CARACAS: Members of the Bolivarian National Guard who joined Venezuelan Jaber Al-Ahmad Causeway today at 10:00 am Assembly leader - recognized as interim integrated into rioting as palls of black opposition leader Juan Guaido fire into the air to repel forces loyal to President local time. —KUNA president by more than 50 countries smoke rose over eastern Caracas. The gov- Nicolas Maduro near La Carlota military base yesterday. — AFP ernment said it was “deactivating” an Continued on Page 24 Iran designates all US troops terrorists LONDON: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani signed a Japan rings in new bill into law yesterday declaring all US forces in the Trump seeks to Middle East terrorists and calling the US government a era as Naruhito sponsor of terrorism. The bill was passed by parliament label Brotherhood last week in retaliation for President Donald Trump’s decision this month to designate Iran’s elite becomes emperor Revolutionary Guards a foreign terrorist organization. terrorist group Rouhani instructed the ministry of intelligence, ministry TOKYO: A new era dawned in Japan today as Naruhito of foreign affairs, the armed forces, and Iran’s supreme officially became emperor at midnight following his WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump is national security council to implement the law, state father’s historic abdication from the Chrysanthemum seeking to blacklist the Muslim Brotherhood as a ter- media reported. — Reuters Throne, the world’s oldest monarchy. The 59-year-old rorist group, a far-reaching step that would place the Naruhito will formally take possession of the sacred TOKYO: Japan’s Emperor Akihito walks in front of Crown United States firmly on the side of its authoritarian imperial regalia at a solemn ceremony later today, but Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako as he leaves allies in the Middle East. “The president has consult- he became the 126th emperor at the stroke of midnight, at the end of his abdication ceremony yesterday. — AFP ed with his national security team and leaders in the Dubai announces futuristic projects ushering in the “Reiwa” imperial era. region who share his concern, and this designation is His father, the popular 85-year-old Akihito used his working its way through the internal process,” said DUBAI: Dubai announced a series of futuristic urban final royal speech to offer his “heartfelt gratitude to the emony in the Imperial Palace’s elegant Room of Pine, he White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders. projects yesterday, including a 15-km cable car system people of Japan” and pray for global peace as the cur- stopped to offer a hand to his wife of 60 years, The Brotherhood, a nearly century-old Islamist above the emirate’s main road. A 380-metre long Sky tain came down on his 30-year reign that saw him Michiko, as she stepped down from the stage movement born in Egypt with pockets of support Garden, with an area of 3,422 sq m, will be “a new transform the role of emperor. During a 10-minute cer- Continued on Page 24 across the Arab world, was designated a terrorist tourist destination”, said WAM. The “Skypods” project - consisting of cable cars above Sheikh Zayed Road - organization by Cairo after the military in 2013 will include 21 stations and will move up to 8,400 peo- ousted Mohamed Morsi, a democratically elected ple an hour in each direction. The news agency said president with roots in the movement. Placing the ride-hailing app Careem will provide 3,500 bicycles at Indian army Muslim Brotherhood on Washington’s list of foreign 350 stations across the emirate, in cooperation with terrorist organizations would make it a crime for any the Roads and Transport Authority. — AFP American to assist the group and would ban from mocked for yeti the United States its members, who are active in political parties in several countries. The move comes three weeks after Trump wel- ‘footprint’ pics comed Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, who UAE sentences Turk to life has cracked down heavily on the Muslim NEW DELHI: Photos of “yeti footprints” posted online Brotherhood as well as other movements ranging ABU DHABI: The United Arab Emirates’ supreme by the Indian army triggered a social media storm yes- from Islamic State extremists to secular activists. court upheld a life sentence against a Turkish citizen terday, with users ridiculing the military for propagat- During their White House talks, Trump praised Sisi for promoting Islamist groups in Syria and transfer- ing theories debunked by science. The army tweeted for “doing a great job,” saying the United States and ring funds out of the Gulf state, state media reported. Egypt had “never had a better relationship”. The The supreme court in Abu Dhabi upheld the life sen- three images late on Monday showing a series of foot- terrorist designation would delight Sisi as well as tence of the 49-year-old Turkish citizen for “launching shaped impressions, each almost a meterlong in the an extensive campaign on a Facebook account named snow in the Himalayas near the Nepal-China frontier.