Jail sentences, recovery of KD 308K from defendants in exam leak case

KUWAIT CITY, September 29: The Court of Cassation announced its decision in the case of passing on secondary school examinations. Sentencing the main defendants – a male citizen and a female citizen – to two years in prison with hard labor, while an expatriate and another male citizen were sentenced to six months in prison for leaking Ministry of Education secrets; and ordered the recovery of KD 308,000 that the defendant received from the sale of the exams and the acquittal of seven defendants. Previously, the criminal court sentenced a male citizen and a woman to ten and seven years in prison with hard labor, respectively, while another male citizen and an expatriate were sentenced to one year in prison with hard labor and the expatriate's deportation after serving their prison time.

Before pronouncing the verdict, the prosecution detained the defendants for 21 days to complete the investigation and then transferred them to the Central Prison for involvement in money laundering through illegal fundraising. The results of the investigation revealed that the defendants sold the corrected exams for amounts between KD 25 and KD 50 per subject.

By Jaber Al-Hamoud, Munif Naif
Al-Seyassah/Arab Times staff and agencies