Kuwait MPs panel backs jail terms over mobile phone pictures
KUWAIT CITY (AFP) - A Kuwaiti parliamentary panel approved government proposed legislation laying down jail terms for people using bluetooth technology in mobile phones to take or circulate pictures without the subject's consent or for sexual blackmail.
MP Waleed al-Tabtabai, secretary of the panel dominated by Islamist lawmakers, told reporters the prison penalty was adopted due to the "dangers the growing phenomenon poses to the Kuwaiti society."
According to the bill, people who use the technology to take pictures of others without consent face up to two years in prison or a fine of 6,800 dollars.
Those who use it to circulate such pictures face five years jail while using bluetooth pictures to blackmail others into adultery carries a penalty of 10 years in prison, Tabtabai said.
The legislation will be effective after it is approved by parliament and signed by the emir.
The Gulf Arab state of Kuwait is a conservative Muslim emirate where alcohol and discos are banned.
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