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| Saudi attorney general: Phase 1 of anti-corruption push complete, detained individuals questioned | Saudi attorney general: Phase 1 of anti-corruption push complete, detained individuals questioned |
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| Detailed questioning of the individuals taken into custody as part of anti-corruption probe is taking place, according to the Saudi attorney general. He added that it completed phase one of anti-corruption push. | Detailed questioning of the individuals taken into custody as part of anti-corruption probe is taking place, according to the Saudi attorney general. He added that it completed phase one of anti-corruption push. |
| According to earlier reports in Saudi media, at least 11 Saudi princes and four incumbent ministers of the government were placed into custody. Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, one of the richest people in the world, is reportedly among those in custody as part of the corruption probe. | According to earlier reports in Saudi media, at least 11 Saudi princes and four incumbent ministers of the government were placed into custody. Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, one of the richest people in the world, is reportedly among those in custody as part of the corruption probe. |
| The detentions do “not represent the start, but the completion of Phase One of our anti-corruption push," a statement by Sheikh Saud Al Mojeb, Saudi Attorney General, reads. It also says that the discreet completion of the first phase was required “in order to preserve the integrity of the legal proceedings and ensure there was no flight from justice.” | |
| The reports on the came just hours after an anti-corruption committee chaired by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was created by a royal decree of King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. | |
| According to the royal decree, the new committee is exempted from “laws, regulations, instructions, orders and decision” while performing its wide range of duties, namely “identifying offenses, crimes, persons and entities” complicit in corruption, and gives it the power to impose punitive measures on those caught red-handed, including asset freezes, travel bans and arrests. |