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Kuwait’s alleged corruption case

Kuwait’s premier and a senior royal filed two separate lawsuits to the attorney general on Monday, June 16, 2014, demanding an investigation into allegations of a coup plot and a huge corruption case.

Falah al-Hajraf, Kuwaiti lawyer of a senior member of the ruling family Sheikh Ahmad al-Fahad al-Ahmad Sabah, answers journalists' questions as he leaves a courthouse after filling a law suit over the alleged conspiracy and corruption on June 16, 2014 in Kuwait City. Kuwait's premier and a senior royal filed two separate lawsuits to the at

Kuwaiti Parliament Speaker Marzouq al-Ghanim speaks during a parliament session at the Kuwait’s national assembly in Kuwait City, on June 11, 2014. Kuwait’s government disputed allegations by the opposition that tens of billions of dollars were stolen from public funds by former senior officials, saying documents supporting the claims are fake. (AFP/Getty Images)

Kuwaiti Finance Minister Anas al-Saleh speaks as Kuwaiti Minister for Cabinet Affairs Sheikh Mohammad al-Abdullah al-Sabah (R) looks on, during a parliament session at the Kuwait’s national assembly in Kuwait City, on June 11, 2014. Kuwait’s government disputed allegations by the opposition that tens of billions of dollars were stolen from public funds by former senior officials, saying documents supporting the claims are fake. (AFP/Getty Images)

Kuwaiti Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber al-Mubarak al-Sabah speaks during a parliament session at the Kuwait’s national assembly in Kuwait City, on June 11, 2014. Kuwait’s government disputed allegations by the opposition that tens of billions of dollars were stolen from public funds by former senior officials, saying documents supporting the claims are fake. (AFP/Getty Images)

Kuwaiti MP Faisal al-Kandari (C) reacts during a parliament session at the Kuwait’s national assembly in Kuwait City, on June 11, 2014. Kuwait’s government disputed allegations by the opposition that tens of billions of dollars were stolen from public funds by former senior officials, saying documents supporting the claims are fake. (AFP/Getty Images)

Kuwaiti State Minister for Cabinet Affairs Sheikh Mohammad al-Abdullah al-Sabah speaks during a parliament session at the Kuwait’s national assembly in Kuwait City, on June 11, 2014. Kuwait’s government disputed allegations by the opposition that tens of billions of dollars were stolen from public funds by former senior officials, saying documents supporting the claims are fake. (AFP/Getty Images)

Kuwaiti Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber al-Mubarak al-Sabah (R) and Kuwaiti Finance Minister Anas al-Saleh attend a parliament session at the Kuwait’s National Assembly in Kuwait City on June 11, 2014. Kuwait’s government disputed allegations by the opposition that tens of billions of dollars were stolen from public funds by former senior officials, saying documents supporting the claims are fake. (AFP/Getty Images)

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