Airport police in Kuwait yesterday arrested former information minister Saad Bin Teflah as he was about to fly to Makkah with his wife and daughter to perform Umrah, his lawyer has said.
The arrest was based on a one-week jail sentence pronounced by the court on Thursday in a case brought by Finance Minister Anas Al Saleh against the former minister, the lawyer added.
“The court case was not publicised even though the address of my client is well known,” Al Hamidi Al Sabii, the lawyer, said. “The case was over an article published on Al Aan news site, and the judges sentenced him and Al Aan editor Zayed Al Zaid to one week in prison.
"My client was not notified about the trial date even though his home address and his work location at the University of Kuwait are well known, especially that he is a prominent Kuwaiti, Gulf and Arab figure. My client was detained at the airport,” he said, quoted by local media.
The lawyer added that he would appeal against the sentence today, when courts re-open following the two-day weekend.
