KUWAIT: Kuwait could ban nearly 100,000 of its residents from leaving the country for failing to pay dues owed to the state, local newspaper reported, quoting a senior official.
The policy is part of a government plan to collect nearly 12 million Kuwaiti dinars ($ 42.6 million) in fees for the use of state services, or as fines in felony and misdemeanor cases, yesterday’s edition of the Kuwait Times quoted Mohammad Al-Duaij as saying. From Jan. 2, the state will automatically start blacklisting people who owe money, he said, adding that the ban would be imposed using a court order and come into effect 90 days later.
It could be lifted following payment of the dues or for humanitarian reasons, he said. Daily Al-Rai newspaper said the ban applied to Kuwaiti nationals and foreign residents.
100,000 face travel ban in Kuwait
