KUWAIT: Minister of Social Affairs and Labor, State Minister for Economic Affairs Hind Al-Sabeeh said that 7,197 court rulings were issued against fake companies that were involved in visa trafficking since 2014. The total amount of fines collected from those companies exceeds KD 12 million, she noted, adding that the fight against visa trafficking will continue, "using all legal means to do so".

Asked about workers registered on those fake companies, Sabeeh explained that the owners were ordered to cancel their visas, while detectives were assigned to search and apprehend the workers for deportation.

In other news, the Civil Service Commission (CSC) has suspended 3,140 contracts of non-Kuwaitis in state departments starting from July 1, 2018, CSC President Ahmad Al-Jassar. Following their suspension, the employees will be terminated as part of a plan to create more jobs for national manpower, as part of the state's strategy to 'Kuwaitize' the public sector. - Al-Jarida