Kuwait's government has separately filed a lawsuit against Sheikh Ahmad, his brother Sheikh Talal -- the chairman of Kuwait Olympic Committee -- and 13 other officials over the bans. Sheikh Ahmad, a former oil minister, resigned from the cabinet in 2011 following a political dispute. Sheikh Ahmad, a nephew of Kuwaiti ruler Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, had denied the charges and considered the lower court sentence a personal attack against him. KUWAIT CITY - Kuwait's supreme court on Monday upheld the acquittal of Sheikh Ahmad Fahad Al-Sabah -- one of the most powerful men in world sport -- on charges of insulting the judiciary. FIFA executive committee member, Kuwait's Sheikh Ahmad Fahad Al-Sabah is cleared of insulting the public prosecutor and inciting public unrestThe ruling, which cannot be appealed, cleared Sheikh Ahmad -- a member of the FIFA executive committee, a top International Olympic Committee member and head of Asia's Olympic body -- of insulting the public prosecutor and inciting public unrest.

Source: Bangkok Post July 25, 2016 10:41 UTC