A video showing the inside of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Saudi Arabia, where former government ministers, prominent businessmen and members of the royal family are being held as part of a wide-ranging anti-corruption campaign, has emerged, the New York Times reports. The 52-acre five-star hotel in the Saudi capital Riyadh, which has hosted prominent international figures, world leaders, and wealthy billionaires, has been turned over the weekend into the world’s most luxurious prison. According to the newspaper, Hall B is one of the more modest areas of the hotel. On Saturday evening, Saudi authorities carried out a sweeping crackdown on prominent Saudi businessmen and princes, the latest in King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud’s and crown prince Mohammad’s consolidation of power. Saudi Arabia’s attorney general, Sheikh Saud al-Mujeb, was quoted as saying that detainees had been subjected to detailed interrogations.

Source: Egypt Independent November 07, 2017 14:48 UTC