Negligence in Amiri Aircraft Deal: Jail Time Suspended for 3 Diwan advisors
KUWAIT CITY, June 2: The Misdemeanor Section in the Appeals Court suspended the prison sentence imposed on three former Amiri Diwan advisors accused of causing significant damage (estimated at $180 million of public funds) by withholding information from Kuwait Airways regarding a contract to equip an Amiri aircraft with an American company. The Misdemeanor Court had earlier sentenced them to three years in prison, fined them KD10,000 and dismissed them from their jobs on charges of negligence of their duties, breach of their duties, and abuse of power in and outside the country. Case files indicate they neglected and failed to fulfill their duties in supervising the implementation of a contract to equip, furnish and receive an Amiri aircraft and caused significant damage to public funds amounting to $180 million by withholding information from Kuwait Airways regarding the contract to equip the Amiri aircraft with an American company.
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