BBC: Kuwait royal sentenced to death
Reports from Kuwait say a member of the ruling family has been sentenced to death for drug trafficking.
Correspondents say it is thought to be one of the first times that such a sentence has been given to a member of the ruling Sabah family.
Sentencing Sheikh Talal Nasser al-Sabah to death, the judge said he had "willingly walked the path of evil".
It was not immediately clear how closely related Sheikh Tala is to senior members of the ruling family.
The judge in the case said Sheikh Tala's crimes had "threatened society... especially young people", a Kuwaiti newspaper reported.
He was also fined US $35,000 dollars.
Sheikh Talal was convicted of trading in hashish, money laundering and the illegal possession of weapons, press reports said.
The court's verdict can be appealed.
Another three people were sentenced to life in jail in connection with the case - including a Bidoun (a stateless Arab), a Bangladeshi and an Indian. Two others, a Lebanese and an Iraqi, were sentenced to seven years in jail each.
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Is this so? Are they really going to hang him?
posted by Q8Sultana @ 8:54 PM
4 Comments:
i heard they called him the bakala. you pull up outside the gate, honk your car and the bagladishi would come out to the car. you tell him 1 gram of cocaine, he goes in gets some and comes back out.
oh gosh ..
i'm not shocked though.
Girl BTW, i'm still looking :)
It was also in the Kuwait Times yesterday. It appears to be true.
His poor family. You always love your children, even when they persist in making bad choices.
Hope you are well! What are you doing now that you have finished your studies?
He'll get let off on appeal but the the Bangladeshi and Indian are dead meat!
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