5 minutes agoLuxury hotel re-opening large corruption weights
Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)A luxury Saudi hotel that served as a detention centre since November for dozens of princes and senior officials charged with corruption has been reopened, even though it had been announced it would open on February 14th for Valentine's Day. Ritz-Carlton's reception staff, the prestigious five-star hotel in Riyadh, told [...]
Ritz-Carlton's reception staff, the prestigious five-star hotel in Riyadh, told BBC that the hotel would already receive guests.
More than 200 princes, ministers and businessmen were held as prisoners in the investigation at this hotel and other hotels.
In late January, the Saudi Arabia Prosecutor's Office said more than $100 billion had been found.
She attended financial settlements agreed on with what was kept.
The attorney general's office said 56 people were still at the hotel at the time it opened for tourists, even though some reports said the remaining detainees had been displaced from Ritz-Carlton to a prison.
The arrests came after the creation of an anti-corruption task led by the powerful Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
Among those released were influential princes as billionaire investor Alwed bin Talal, chief of the television network MBC Waled al-Debrahim and former royal court chief Khalid al-Tuwajiri.
Media reports suggested that Ibrahim's agreement may have included his controlling part in the MBC, the largest media company in the Middle East.
