The Kuwaiti Minister of Defense, Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahd, disclosed during a session of the National Assembly on Tuesday significant findings by the investigative committee in the “Army Fund” case.
The committee unearthed two critical issues previously unknown: the existence of a paid contract from the “Army Fund” for the purchase of non-existent espionage devices in the Kuwaiti Army’s intelligence arsenal and the smuggling of alcoholic beverages on military aircraft.
Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahd stated, “In the (Army Fund) case, we discovered several subsidiary issues, including attempts to smuggle alcohol into Kuwait using military planes and the introduction of espionage devices.
These actions were rejected by honorable military personnel, hence the demands for an investigation.”
The minister was addressing the measures taken by the Defense Ministry, which he heads, concerning a Kuwaiti citizen’s detention and torture by army intelligence.
The “Army Fund” case implicates the former Prime Minister Jaber Al-Mubarak, the former Minister of Defense Khaled Al-Jarrah, and seven others.
It involves financial transgressions estimated at around 240 million dinars (approximately 800 million dollars) withdrawn during the tenure of Sheikh Khaled Al-Jarrah as Defense Minister and Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak as Prime Minister.
The late Sheikh Nasser Sabah Al-Ahmad, former Minister of Defense and son of the late Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad had filed a complaint with the Public Prosecutor accusing Al-Jarrah of suspicious transfers from the “Army Fund” with the approval of former Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak.
