Mohammad al-Tobaishi
Mohammad al-Tobaishi was the former head of protocol at the royal court of the House of Saud.[1][2]
Arrest
[edit]On 4 November 2017, Mohammad al-Tobaishi was arrested in Saudi Arabia in a "corruption crackdown" conducted by a new royal anti-corruption committee.[3][4][5][6][7][8] This was done on authority of Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman.
Al-Tubaishi was reported released on 28 November 2017 after agreeing to pay authorities a sum, reported to be 6 billion Riyals, about 1,6 billion USD.[9]
Controversy
[edit]A viral video on Twitter shared more than 150,000 times shows Mohammad al-Tobaishi slapping a photographer. Al-Tobaishi was head of royal protocol and the assailant in the video. Shortly after he was removed from his position.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Taylor, Adam (2015-05-05). "This Saudi official slapped a journalist. Now he's out of a job". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2017-11-08.
- ^ "Ethiopian born Mohammad Al Amoudi Arrested in Saudi Arabia – Oromo Community Organization". oneoromo.org. Retrieved 2017-11-08.
- ^ "Saudi Arabia princes detained, ministers dismissed". www.aljazeera.com.
- ^ Kalin, Stephen; Paul, Katie (2017-11-05). "Future Saudi king tightens grip on power with arrests including Prince Alwaleed". Reuters. Retrieved 2017-11-07.
- ^ "Corruption crackdown in Saudi Arabia". Fox Business. 2017-11-06. Retrieved 2017-11-08.
- ^ David, Javier E. (5 November 2017). "Billionaire Saudi Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal arrested in corruption crackdown". CNBC.
- ^ Stancati, Margherita; Said, Summer; Farrell, Maureen (2017-11-05). "Saudi Princes, Former Ministers Arrested in Apparent Power Consolidation". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2017-11-08.
- ^ Kirkpatrick, David D. (2017-11-04). "Saudi Arabia Arrests 11 Princes, Including Billionaire Alwaleed bin Talal". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-11-08.
- ^ Saudi prince Mutaib 'paid $10 billion' to be released from Ritz-Carlton 'prison', 29.11.2017, Al-Araby