: *Saudi Arabia Arrests 11 Princes Protesting Over Bills, Okaz
Says*
Saudi authorities made a fresh round of arrests of royal-family
members as a group of princes staged a protest at the royal palace over the
non-payment of their electricity and water bills, Okaz newspaper reported.
The royal guard arrested 11 princes objecting to a decree that
ordered the state to stop paying their utilities after they refused to leave
the palace in the capital, Riyadh, the Jeddah-based newspaper reported
Saturday, citing people it didn’t identify. The government’s Center for
International Communication will seek more information from relevant
authorities, it said in response to a request for a comment about the
detentions.
In November, authorities swept up dozens of Saudi Arabia’s
richest and most influential people, including princes and government
ministers, and detained them at the Ritz Carlton in Riyadh. The arrests were
ordered by a newly established anti-corruption committee, headed by Crown
Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
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