AFP - Islamist opposition MP Faisal al-Muslim on Sunday filed to quiz Kuwait's prime minister in parliament over alleged misuse of public funds and issuing a 700,000-dollar cheque to another MP.

Muslim alleges that the office of Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser Mohammad al-Ahmad al-Sabah misappropriated tens of millions of dollars of public funds in the run-up to general elections in May 2008.

He filed a similar request to question the premier in March this year, but that never materialised because parliament was dissolved in the same month and fresh elections were held in May.

Muslim also said that he has sent several questions to the prime minister about the alleged misuse of funds and the cheque, but that he declined to respond, saying the issues were being investigated by the public prosecution.

The request to quiz the premier could set the stage for a fresh political crisis in the oil-rich Gulf state which has been rocked by political chaos since early 2006 when Sheikh Nasser, a nephew of the ruler, was appointed premier.