VOL. XLIV

No. 22

28-May-2001

KUWAIT

Under Parliamentary Pressure Government To File New Fraud Charges Against Ex-Minister

The Kuwaiti Government on 21 May announced that it would file new fraud charges against former oil and finance minister Shaikh 'Ali al-Khalifa. The National Assembly had set a 3 June deadline for the government to do so. If no action was taken, the deputies said, then the serving oil and finance ministers would be required to answer questions on corruption allegations against...