the DN has told of how the saudi royal family allowed to arrest and imprison Al-Amoudi and his fate is unclear. No comments from Saudi arabia’s ruling royal family or its public prosecutor. Al-Amoudis relatives have been knäpptysta and the information from the companies he runs have been scant.

Mohammed Al-Amoudis international spokesperson Tim Pendry a brief statement on the Al-Amoudis website.

”He (Al-Amoudi) live and have health, his life is comfortable, he is not in prison as the said word of mouth. He has not been tortured or ill-treated and he has, at times, the opportunity to meet his family”, said in the announcement.

Tim Pendry, who works for the London-based krishanteringsföretaget TPPR, says in an e-mail to the daily News that he did not have any additional comments to provide in addition to what has been posted on the website.

released three other saudi businessmen like Mohammed Al-Amoudi have been detained since 4 november 2017, when they were confined at the luxury hotel Ritz-Carlton in Riyadh. It is Amr Dabbagh, who heads one of Saudi arabia’s largest consulting firm and previously was head of the state investeringsmyndigheten. Two of the Dabbaghs close associates were released at the same time with him.

Another prominent businessman who has been captured, Bakr bin Laden, has received permission to attend a relative’s funeral, according to Reuters news agency. Bakr bin Laden is the brother of Osama bin Laden, the founder of the terror network al-Qaeda. Bakr bin Laden has been the head of the Saudi Binladin Group, one of the uk leading construction companies.

has so far wanted to speak out in the media. The saudi authorities have not commented on the release. Two other bin Laden-brothers, Saleh and Saad, was also arrested in the big 4 novemberräden 2017, but was released after a few weeks ago they had agreed to transfer his part in the construction company – over 36 percent – of the saudi state.

Saudi arabia’s crown prince Mohammed bin Salman said in an interview with news agency Bloomberg in October last year to only eight of the original 381 people detained at the Ritz-Carlton is still in custody. If his statement is true, is now only six businessmen inburade – one of them is Mohammed Al-Amoudi.

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