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Kuwait City: Four Kuwaiti lawyers filed a suit against two Shiite MPs on Wednesday for holding a rally to mourn the slain top commander of Lebanon's Hezbollah who is accused of hijacking a Kuwaiti plane.
The lawsuit is against MPs Adnan Abdul Samad, who spoke at the rally, and Ahmad Lari, as well as former minister Abdul Hadi Al Saleh, former MP Abdul Mohsin Jamal and municipal council member Fadhel Safar, lawyer Dhaidan Al Mutairi said.
"We accused them of being founders and members of Hezbollah Kuwait, undermining national unity and declaring loyalty to Lebanon's Hezbollah," Al Mutairi said after meeting with the public prosecutor.
These charges are punishable under Kuwait's penal code, he said. Lebanon Hezbollah does not have a known offshoot in Kuwait but some people in the state believe there is such a group operating underground and refer to it as "Hezbollah Kuwait."
"Now the public prosecutor is expected to seek information about the men and then interrogate them," Mutairi said.
Also yesterday, a parliamentary bloc said it has expelled the Shiite lawmakers, because they disregarded the feelings of their fellow Kuwaitis.
The Popular Action bloc, which includes prominent opposition members, said it "utterly rejects and condemns" the participation of the lawmakers eulogy which "bloodied the hearts" of Kuwaitis.
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