The Kuwait Court of Appeals Wednesday adjourned to June 10, 2003, to look into the appeal of four men, convicted for threatening national security - Mohsen Al-Fadli, Maqboul Fahad Fahhad Al-Maqboul, Mohamed Jomaan Safaq Al-Mutairi and Adel Yousef Ibraheem Bu Hameed - and to hear the testimony of the arresting officer.
At the beginning of the session, lawyers for the convicts requested the court to release three men on any guarantee, but their request was turned down. The four men have been convicted of planning to inflict damage on Kuwait’s political status. They are also accused of joining the armed forces of a third country to engage in combat operation against another country. Al-Fadhli and Al-Maqboul are convicted of receiving training in the use of arms and ammunition for illegal purposes. Al-Fadhli and Bu Hameed have also been convicted of agreeing to do harm to a foreign country without legal permission. Al-Mutairi was convicted of distributing publications harmful to national interests. On Feb 3, 2003, the Criminal Court found the men guilty and sentenced them to five years in prison. However the court had acquitted the men of distributing publications without permission.
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