KUWAIT CITY, Feb 8: The High Court acquitted a government employee and a Kuwaiti citizen who were accused of usurping KD 193,000 and participating in a crime, reports Al-Seyassah daily. According to the case file, the Public Prosecution accused one of the defendants, in his capacity as a public employee in the Budget Control Department of the Administrative Affairs Department in the Ministry of Interior, of embezzling, along with others, KD 193,000 belonging to his employer. He had presented fake invoices and doctored other financial documents in a manner that enabled them to usurp the aforementioned amount.

Representing two of the defendants at the court were Lawyer Fahad Al-Hadiya and Lawyer Abdullah Matar, who insisted that the elements of participation in the crime of forgery and the appropriation of public money against the defendants were not available. They said the accusations lacked substantial evidence, an aspect that always falls in favor of the accused.