KUWAIT: A Kuwaiti
lawyer filed a lawsuit yesterday asking to ban Twitter in Kuwait. She claimed
that Twitter users' activity is "destroying the values of society,"
and argued that the government has failed in controlling the spread of fake
accounts on the social media network. Meanwhile, acting prosecutor general Saad
Al-Safran ordered a ruling family member jailed for 21 days pending
investigations in a case in which he is accused of insulting traffic police
officer Saleh Al-Rashid. The 'Sheikh' faces felony charges of threatening and
blackmail.

In other news,
Health Minister Sheikh Dr Basel Humoud Al-Sabah approved recommendations which
call for closing some pharmacies at co-op societies for failure to obtain
licenses in the name of Kuwaiti pharmacies - a violation of article 17 of
pharmacy practice law 28/1996, and its amendment with article 2 of law 30/2016.

The
recommendations were made by a committee formed last year to investigate
violations of the aforementioned law. Committee Deputy Chairman, Assistant
Undersecretary for Drug and Food Control Dr Abdallah Al-Bader also indicated
that violating pharmacies that failed to correct their status will be referred
to the public prosecution for legal action. The punishment for practicing
pharmacy without a license is a maximum of two years in jail and/or a fine of a
maximum of KD 3,000.

By Meshaal
Al-Enezi