KUWAIT: Authorities are reportedly struggling to take actions "with limited repercussions" regarding two Twitter accounts carrying false names that refer to two members in the annulled 2012 parliament. According to an anonymous source, the accounts in question frequently post messages, "which discuss controversial subjects that damage national unity".
"The accounts have been operating for two years to instigate sectarian tensions in order to serve electoral agendas, in addition to making blatant insults to sectors and individuals in society, as well as fueling hate within Kuwaiti society", said a senior security official in an Al-Rai report published yesterday.
The two accounts, each of which have more than ten thousand followers, are reportedly "being fully monitored" by state security authorities, said the source.
Furthermore, the source noted that the two accounts are often operated from outside Kuwait; from Morocco and Dubai, for example. "The issue will be urgently referred to the Cabinet after the Eid Al-Fitr holiday to take appropriate action... Especially seeing that the two MPs use sectarian tensions to feed support at the expense of social unity", the source said.
Meanwhile, the source noted that security authorities have "all information regarding the group that the two MPs use for help, in addition to the type of devices and points that coordinate with them", adding that "all evidence proves that they are involved in the operation".
"We are waiting for instructions from the Cabinet to start taking steps through which we plan to reveal with evidence the involvement of this group in such regrettable practices", said the source. He added that coordination is also ongoing with foreign security authorities "especially because the two MPs often criticize Kuwait's foreign policy and offend other countries".
© Kuwait Times 2012
