Kuwait court jails three Kuwaitis, Lebanese for 10 years over Lebanon's Hezbollah links
Dubai: Kuwait’s State Security Appeals Court has sentenced three Kuwaiti citizens and a Lebanese national to 10 years in prison after convicting them of joining and financing Hezbollah, and imposed fines totalling KD6.283 million, according to a local media report. The court acquitted other defendants in the case, including a Kuwaiti woman, the report said. The case followed investigations by…
Kuwait's State Security Appeals Court has sentenced four individuals to a combined total of 17 years in prison for their alleged involvement with Hezbollah, a Lebanese militant group. The court handed down the sentences following investigations conducted by the State Security Service and the Financial Intelligence Unit. Three of the defendants were Kuwaiti citizens, while the fourth was a Lebanese national.
The court also imposed fines totaling KD6.283 million in the case. The rulings were issued in two separate trials involving alleged membership and financing of Hezbollah. In the first trial, a Kuwaiti citizen and a Lebanese man were found guilty and sentenced to 10 years imprisonment and KD6 million in fines, respectively. In the second trial, the Court of Cassation had previously ruled against the Kuwaiti defendant.
These verdicts come as Kuwait has been tightening its regulations on charitable activities and financial transactions to combat money laundering and terrorist financing. A new law, enacted this month, established a regulatory framework for charitable and humanitarian work to enhance governance and mitigate such risks.
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