A Kuwaiti sergeant was ordered jailed 15 days after he was caught in a film mocking another police man guarding a mosque in the oil-rich Gulf emirate.

The Arabic language daily ‘Al-Watan ‘said Interior Ministry Undersecretary LT General Suleiman Al Fahd issued the order after seeing the film.

“The film showed that the sergeant was filming and mocking the policeman guarding the mosque. The sergeant was heard saying ‘these policemen do not work,” it said.