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Kuwait detains Shiite ex-MPs, cleric
0 Comments | AFP, March, 2008
KUWAIT CITY (AFP) — Kuwait's public prosecutor ordered two former MPs and three activists of the Shiite minority remanded in custody on Sunday on suspicion of membership of an alleged underground opposition group, a lawyer said.
Police also arrested prominent Shiite cleric Sheikh Hussein al-Maatuq on the same accusation and he is expected to be brought before prosecutors on Monday, defence lawyer Abdulkarim bin Haider told AFP.
Several hundred Shiites hold a protest outside the secret service headquarters, south of Kuwait City, where Maatuq is detained. The crowds dispersed peacefully after hundreds of special forces were called in.
The two former MPs in custody are Abdulmohsen Jamal, who turned himself in on Sunday, and Nasser Sorkhouh who was arrested last...
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