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2017–2019 Saudi Arabian purge - Wikipedia

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The 2017–19 Saudi Arabian purge was the mass arrest of a number of prominent Saudi Arabian princes, government ministers, and business people in Saudi Arabia on 4 November 2017[2] and the following few weeks after the creation of an anti-corruption committee led by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. There are three alternate hypotheses regarding the motives behind the purge: a genuine corruption crackdown, a project to gain money, or preparing to take over the crown.[3] The detainees were confined at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Riyadh (which had hosted the announcement for the planned city of Neom on 24 October 2017),[2][4] which subsequently stopped accepting new bookings and told guests to leave.[5] Private jets were also grounded to prevent suspects from fleeing the country.[5] The arrests resulted in the final sidelining of the faction of King Abdullah, and Mohammed bin Salman's complete consolidation of control of all three branches of the security forces,[5] making him the most powe

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