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2020-03-16 Arabia
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Saudi Arabia detains 298 officials in new corruption cases amid royal power struggle
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[PRESSTV] Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
has detained 298 public officials in a new alleged anti-corruption push amid reports that the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman
 ...Crown Prince and modernizer of Saudi Arabia as of 2016. The Turks hate him, so he must be all right, despite the occasional brutal murder of Qatar-owned journalists...
is seeking to get rid of potential rivals to the Saudi throne.
A Saudi anti-corruption body known as Nazaha announced on Sunday that it had arrested 298 government officials for crimes such as bribery, embezzlement and abuse of power involving a total of 379 million riyals ($101 million).
Among the detained officials, eight defense minister officers are suspected of money laundering in relation to government contracts during the years 2005-2015.
Two judges are also amongst the list for allegedly receiving bribes.
Another 29 interior ministry officials in the Eastern Province have also been detained, including three colonels, a major general and a brigadier general.
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Posted by magpie 2020-03-16 13:33||
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