Reuters: Regulatory News: Kuwait could ban 100,000 from travel over dues -paper

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Kuwait could ban 100,000 from travel over dues -paper Nov 29th 2012, 06:15 KUWAIT | Thu Nov 29, 2012 1:15am EST KUWAIT Nov 29 (Reuters) - 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 Justice Ministry 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 misdemeanour cases, Thursday'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. The Gulf Arab state has a population of 3.7 million people, around two-thirds of them foreigners.

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