500 complaints against police this year Nearly 500 complaints have been registered against police officers this year as of May end , reported Kuwait Times daily quoting official statistics. This is a 13 percent increase compared to the same period last year. “Forty-nine police officers of different ranks have been subjected to penalties after being convicted following investigations,” said the sources who added that nine of these policemen were sentenced to jail. According to daily, the majority of complaints were filed against rescue police, traffic police, police investigators and police station officers. The sources further indicated that investigations in 180 of the complaints concluded “with proper legal procedures taken,” while the rest were still pending, save a few complaints that were shelved due to lack of evidence. Some of the violations mentioned in the report included keeping detainees in jail after the expiry of their legal detention period, as well as overcrowding inmates in cells inside police stations, daily added. Posted on indiansinkuwait 6/11/2013
Posted on: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 09:33:05 +0000
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