VOL. XLIV

No. 23

4-June-2001

KUWAIT

Shaikh 'Ali al-Khalifa Hits Back At National Assembly And Oil Minister

Lawyers representing former Oil and Finance Minister Shaikh 'Ali al-Khalifa announced plans on 28 May to sue the National Assembly and Oil Minister Adel al-Sabeeh over fraud charges that the government pressed against their client. On 16 May the ministerial courts special investigating panel, made up of judges, dismissed fraud charges against Shaikh 'Ali as being vague and incomplete. In...