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| Subject: Karma: Saudi 'princes' 'held in anti-corruption investigation' Sat Nov 04, 2017 7:23 pm | |
| A new Saudi anti-corruption body has detained 11 princes, four sitting ministers and dozens of former ministers, media reports say.
Those detained were not named and it is not clear what they are suspected of.
However, Saudi broadcaster Al-Arabiya said fresh investigations had been launched into the 2009 Jeddah floods and the outbreak of the Mers virus which emerged in Saudi Arabia in 2012.
The detentions came hours after the new anti-corruption committee was formed.
It is headed by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and has the power to issue arrest warrants and travel bans, the state-owned Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-41874117 |
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