Earlier this month, Mr Sheikh announced that he would curb the powers of the religious police, known as the "mutawa".

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Kuwait's Serbian coach Goran Tufegdzic was unhappy that Australian referee Benjamin Williams did not award his team a penalty in the opening 20 minutes when China skipper Du Wei brought down Bader Al Mutawa.

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Naif al-Mutawa is a pacer.

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