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Saudi Arabia Launches Six Health, Aid Projects for Yemen

Dr. Abdullah Al Rabeeah, Supervisor-General of the King Salman Humanitarian Aid & Relief Center (KSrelief), and Saudi Ambassador to Yemen Mohammed Al-Jabir, during signing the agreements in Riyadh, Tuesday. Photo taken by Abdulrahman al-Salem. Asharq Al-Awsat Arabic
Dr. Abdullah Al Rabeeah, Supervisor-General of the King Salman Humanitarian Aid & Relief Center (KSrelief), and Saudi Ambassador to Yemen Mohammed Al-Jabir, during signing the agreements in Riyadh, Tuesday. Photo taken by Abdulrahman al-Salem. Asharq Al-Awsat Arabic
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Saudi Arabia Launches Six Health, Aid Projects for Yemen

Dr. Abdullah Al Rabeeah, Supervisor-General of the King Salman Humanitarian Aid & Relief Center (KSrelief), and Saudi Ambassador to Yemen Mohammed Al-Jabir, during signing the agreements in Riyadh, Tuesday. Photo taken by Abdulrahman al-Salem. Asharq Al-Awsat Arabic
Dr. Abdullah Al Rabeeah, Supervisor-General of the King Salman Humanitarian Aid & Relief Center (KSrelief), and Saudi Ambassador to Yemen Mohammed Al-Jabir, during signing the agreements in Riyadh, Tuesday. Photo taken by Abdulrahman al-Salem. Asharq Al-Awsat Arabic

King Salman Humanitarian Aid & Relief Center (KSrelief) signed, Tuesday, six agreements committing a total of $3 million to implement humanitarian projects in Yemen to treat injured Yemenis and to complete the third and fourth phase of rehabilitation of child soldiers in Yemen.

The project to treat injured Yemenis reached a value of $776k in partnership with Bin Zeela Modern Hospital in Seyyun while the second project totaled $582k in partnership with Saber Hospital in Aden. Projects also included operating artificial parts center with $440k.

Further projects are made to treat eye injuries, in cooperation with Magrabi Hospitals & Centers, and another one with Alemies Hospital.

Some 80 child soldiers are being rehabilitated at various centers and the total cost of the rehabilitation program has reached about $209k. KSRelief has targeted areas such as Maarib province, Al-Jouf, Imran, Sanaa, and Dimaar for the rehabilitation of child soldiers.

During a news conference in Riyadh on Tuesday, Dr. Abdullah Al Rabeeah, Supervisor-General of the King Salman Humanitarian Aid & Relief Center (KSrelief), underpinned the kingdom’s keenness on alleviating the agony of Yemeni people. He added that the center supports seven private hospitals in Yemen, noting that the psychological shock of child soldiers is huge but the center is seeking to rehabilitate them.

“Saudi Arabia doesn’t differentiate in delivering aid among Yemeni regions,” he said. Rabeeah responded to claims made by Human Rights Watch, saying that if the organization is accusing Ksrelief then it is as well accusing the United Nations because one third of the center’s programs are implemented in partnership with the UN.

For his part, Saudi Ambassador to Yemen Mohammed Al-Jabir stated that the signed agreements are in furtherance of the Yemen Comprehensive Humanitarian Operations (YCHO), launched on January 22nd. He added that the number of crossings that permit access of aid has increased, up to 22.

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Kuwait Court Concludes Major ‘Malaysian Fund’ Money Laundering Case

Kuwait’s Court of Cassation, in its final ruling, sentenced the defendants to prison terms ranging from 7 to 10 years, ordered them to return $1 billion, and fined them $500 million (Asharq Al-Awsat)
Kuwait’s Court of Cassation, in its final ruling, sentenced the defendants to prison terms ranging from 7 to 10 years, ordered them to return $1 billion, and fined them $500 million (Asharq Al-Awsat)
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Kuwait Court Concludes Major ‘Malaysian Fund’ Money Laundering Case

Kuwait’s Court of Cassation, in its final ruling, sentenced the defendants to prison terms ranging from 7 to 10 years, ordered them to return $1 billion, and fined them $500 million (Asharq Al-Awsat)
Kuwait’s Court of Cassation, in its final ruling, sentenced the defendants to prison terms ranging from 7 to 10 years, ordered them to return $1 billion, and fined them $500 million (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Kuwait’s Court of Cassation on Thursday concluded the country's largest money laundering case, known as the “Malaysian Fund” scandal.

The court, led by Judge Saleh Al-Muraishid, sentenced Sheikh Sabah Jaber Al-Mubarak, son of the former Prime Minister, and his associates Hamad Al-Wazzan, Bashar Kiwan, and two expatriates to 10 years in prison.

A lawyer involved in the case received a seven-year sentence.

The court also ordered the defendants to return $1 billion and collectively fined them 145 million Kuwaiti dinars (about $500 million).

The “Malaysian Fund” case involves fake transactions and forged contracts between companies in Kuwait and China. Investigators from Malaysia and the US estimate that around $4.5 billion was embezzled from the fund since 2009, implicating the former Malaysian prime minister.

Kuwait’s Public Prosecution reopened the case after a two-year pause due to lack of information.

On March 28, 2023, the Criminal Court sentenced a member of the ruling family, his associates, and two expatriates to 10 years in prison, with a lawyer receiving seven years.

They were ordered to return $1 billion and fined 145 million Kuwaiti dinars.

The original case in Malaysia dates back to 2016 when US prosecutors filed a lawsuit to recover over $1 billion allegedly tied to a conspiracy to launder money from the Malaysian sovereign wealth fund 1MDB, overseen by former Malaysian premier Najib Razak.

The funds were used to finance a Hollywood film, buy real estate, and acquire famous artworks.

In May 2020, the scandal surfaced in Kuwait after US defense officials provided information to the late Kuwaiti Defense Minister, Sheikh Nasser Sabah Al-Ahmad, revealing the involvement of several former officials in suspicious financial transactions for Chinese and Malaysian companies.

Investigations in Kuwait showed nearly $1 billion had been transferred into the account of an influential Kuwaiti figure before being rerouted abroad.

The inquiry linked a Malaysian financial expert accused in the case to the son of a former Kuwaiti Prime Minister, and they collaborated to channel the funds through intermediary companies.

On July 10, 2020, Kuwait’s Public Prosecution ordered the arrest of Sheikh Sabah Jaber Al-Mubarak and his associate in connection with the “Malaysian Fund” case.