Kuwait opposition leader held ‘for insulting judges’

By AFP - Jul 02,2014 - Last updated at Jul 02,2014

KUWAIT CITY — Kuwait’s public prosecutor on Wednesday ordered opposition leader Mussallam Al Barrak to be held in custody after he was questioned for allegedly insulting the judiciary, his lawyer said.

“The public prosecutor decided to detain him pending further questioning later today,” Humoud Al Hajeri wrote on Twitter after Barrak was questioned for several hours overnight.

Mohammad Al Jassem, another lawyer for the former MP, said his client was questioned for alleged slander and insults to the supreme judicial council and its chairman, Faisal Al Marshed.

Barrak was questioned over two lawsuits filed by the judicial council and Marshed over remarks he made at a June 10 public rally that were deemed offensive.

He had claimed that former senior officials including members of the ruling family had stolen tens of billions of dollars from public funds and engaged in money laundering.

Barrak, who also criticised the judiciary, charged that the former officials had deposited the funds in foreign banks including one in Israel.

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