ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Home | 3 Business | 17 Sport | 28 Govt entities Qatar Executive Xavi Hernandez expected to to buy up to heading to Qatar launch over 30 Gulfstream after lifetime at 1,700 e-Services aircraft. Barca. WEDNESDAY 20 MAY 2015 • 2 Shaaban 1436 • Volume 20 Number 6436 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 PM opens Made in Qatar 2015 Taller buildings Two caught suggested to ease shortage taking bribe of housing DOHA: Building taller buildings in areas where the population has been exploding is the only way to provide affordable hous- in CID sting ing to people and ensure that pressure on basic services does not grow beyond a limit, says the public representative body. Officials wanted QR3m from insurer With not many sessions left in DOHA: A case of two top middleman for renewal of the the current term of the Central finance officials from a premier contract this time. Municipal Council (CMC), the educational institution allegedly The accused allegedly hinted representative body yesterday demanding a bribe of QR3m that in lieu of this favour he would took up for debate two major ($824,000) from an insurer for need a “gift”. issues that directly concern the renewing its contract has come The manager of the insurance public — traffic jams on city roads to light. company claimed that he replied and lack of housing for the grow- A criminal court, which is to the accused that since his was a ing population. hearing the case, held a marathon global firm he would not be able to Some CMC members said that session yesterday in which sev- offer him any illegal commission. the government should allow eral sleuths from the state law- The next thing the manager did building upwards in areas like Al enforcement agency appeared as was that he informed the Criminal Miraikh, New Salata, Madinat witnesses. Investigation Department (CID) Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani, Deputy Prime Minister Khalifa (north) and in neighbour- This is the first case of its kind of the Ministry of Interior about and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs H E Ahmed bin Abdullah bin Zaid Al Mahmoud, and other officials at hoods along D Ring Road to create being tried by a Qatari court. The the incident. the Made In Qatar 2015 exhibition in Doha yesterday. Report on page 17 more and affordable housing for investigators videoed the entire The CID officials asked him both, citizens and expatriates. incident and the recording shows, to carry on with the “negotia- The population in the above in two episodes, the accused mak- tions” so that the accused could areas has been growing, so an ing their demand for cash and be trapped. A trap was, thus, laid effective solution is to have ver- later receiving it. by the CID and the accused, the tical development, which would, The insurer which blew the top finance official and his assist- Yemen meet backs ‘resistance’ apart from creating more hous- whistle is a foreign company with ant, walked straight into it. ing, also mean lower pressure operations here. It already had First, the two accused held a RIYADH: A conference of Their southward push forced the Houthis to relinquish terri- on basic services, and less traffic a contract with the educational meeting with the insurance firm’s Yemeni political factions yes- Hadi and his government to flee tory they have seized. congestion. institution in question for provid- manager in a café and passed on a terday vowed support for to Riyadh and prompted a Saudi- The April resolution asked all The CMC earlier expressed ing health and insurance cover to piece of paper with QR3m written “resistance” forces battling led coalition in March to launch parties, particularly the Houthis, concern at the chaos on roads in its employees. on it. The episode was videoed by anti-government rebels, while air strikes against the Houthis. to adhere to measures includ- Doha and other areas due to the The existing contract of the the CID. laying a political foundation for A closing statement at the con- ing the outcome of an earlier increasing number of people and insurance company with the Later, a meeting was fixed in the country’s future. ference sought the quicker deliv- “national dialogue” tasked with vehicles, and called on the interior educational institution, which a seaside luxury hotel, where the “We support this resistance to ery of supplies to pro-government drawing up a new constitution. ministry to set up a traffic engi- was signed with another foreign money was to be handed over to go on fighting”, exiled President forces including “logistical equip- The Riyadh conference was neering office to monitor vehicular insurer acting as a middleman on the accused duo. Interestingly, the Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi told ment and weapons”. convened by Hadi and held in traffic during peak hours. a commission of 10 percent, was QR3m in cash to be handed over about 300 delegates at the close It also called for a safe zone conjunction with the six-nation The CMC members said that due to expire on June 30 this year. to the accused was given to the of a three-day meeting in Riyadh. where government institutions Gulf Cooperation Council. the situation was such that there One of the accused, an Asian insurance company’s manager by He was referring to the battle could resume their activities. The final conference declara- were no peak and non-peak hours and a top finance official in the the CID. by pro-government forces against The conference attendees sug- tion spoke of building a “federal like before, since there are traffic educational institution, called This episode was also videoed. Iran-backed Shia Houthis and gested an Arab peacekeeping state” in Yemen. snarls most of the time of the day. up the manager of the insur- The moment the duo accepted the their allies, forces loyal to former force to secure Yemen’s major Asked at the Riyadh meeting The CMC was also intimated by ance company concerned and briefcase full of cash, they were president Ali Abdullah Saleh. cities, with UN Security Council how continued bombing is condu- Woqod (Qatar Fuel) that one of its said he had been instructed to caught red-handed and taken into The Houthis, who boycotted approval, Transport Minister cive to the peace process and the members’ recommendations to set speak to him by his bosses as the custody. the Riyadh talks, have long com- Bader Ba-Salama said. delivery of humanitarian aid, GCC up a fuel and service station with time to renew the contract was Charges were filed by the Public plained of marginalisation in Hadi said “dialogue is the Secretary General Abdullatif Al technical inspection facilities in Al approaching. Prosecution after questioning and Yemen. only way to take Yemen out of Zayani said “the question should Aqba area of Al Aqda had been The insurance company’s man- the matter was referred to court. They seized control of large its deadlock”, but added that be put to the others,” a reference conceded. ager told the court yesterday The case is going on, Al Sharq parts of the country, including any talks with rebels must take to the Houthis. Land has been allotted for the that he was told by the accused reported yesterday. the capital Sana’a in September into account Security Council AFP purpose. that there was no need for the THE PENINSULA last year. Resolution 2216, which calls on See also page 10 THE PENINSULA Iraqi forces Air bag defect triggers eye swift largest US auto recall fightback WASHINGTON/DETROIT: for the same issue in previous Japanese air bag manufacturer regional and national recalls, Takata Corp is doubling a recall and boosts the number of vehi- in Ramadi of potentially deadly air bags to cles affected globally since 2008 nearly 34 million vehicles, cre- to more than 53 million. BAGHDAD: Iraq’s army and ating the largest automotive Regulators yesterday linked allied paramilitary forces recall in American history, US six deaths worldwide to defective massed around Ramadi yes- safety regulators said yesterday. Takata air bags which exploded terday, looking for swift action The recall involves passenger with too much force and sent to recapture the city from the and driver-side air bag inflators shrapnel into the vehicles. Islamic State group before it in vehicles made by 11 auto- It was only under pressure builds up defences. makers, the US Department of from US regulators that Takata With his security strategy in Transportation, the National agreed to the expanded recall. It tatters and his authority facing Highway Traffic Safety had previously resisted expanding its biggest challenge since he took Administration and Takata said. the recalls, saying the defect cited office eight months ago, Prime It expands on the 16.6 million by automakers was not “officially Minister Haider Al Abadi was vehicles called back for repairs recognised.” REUTERS looking for quick redemption. But the jihadists, whose cap- ture of Ramadi on Sunday showed Displaced Iraqi Sunnis who fled the violence in the city of Ramadi arrive on the outskirts of Baghdad, yesterday. they may have been written off too soon, tried to keep up the momentum by attacking govern- provincial capital’s fall. self-proclaimed “caliphate”, a liberate the cities of Anbar,” he Hungary’s Krasznahorkai wins Man ment and allied forces east of the Following a belated green light, monitoring group said yesterday said. city.