VOL. XL

No. 30

28-July-1997

KUWAIT

Al-Rudhan Survives Interpellation

The Kuwaiti Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, Mr. Nasir al-Rudhan, survived12 hours of questioning in the National Assembly on 15 July into alleged corruption instate-owned companies and bodies for which he is responsible and into his allegednon-pursuance of laws passed by parliament (MEES, 14 July). The three members ofthe National Assembly who brought the Minister before the Assembly to face questioning -Mr. Sami...