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A senior Saudi military official and his son, a senior member of the royal family, were fired on Monday as part of a crackdown on alleged corruption, official Saudi media reported.
The purges have been underway since 2017, but critics of the palace have described them as blackmail and abuse of power by Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
Prince Fahad bin Turki, former chief of staff of the royal army and special forces, and the son of Abdulaziz bin Fahad, deputy emir (governor) of the Juf district, face corruption charges.
Many other officials and officials of the Ministry of Defense are also being prosecuted for corruption, according to a royal decree officially quoted by the media.
The overthrow of Prince Fahad, who had taken over as commander of the Riyadh-based military alliance in neighboring Yemen, is a “strong signal against corruption in the army” by the authorities, Ali Sihabi said.
It is a new liquidation campaign, following the dismissal in late August of governors and Interior Ministry officials after they were accused of corruption related to tourism and development projects in the kingdom.
In April, the non-governmental organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) expressed concern over the arrest of 298 Saudi officials, also accused of corruption, and noted that the.
Army officials and judicial officials have spoken of arrests of people accused of embezzlement and embezzlement, totaling 379 million riyals (85 million euros), according to Nazaha, the state anti-corruption agency. .
In early November 2017, a large-scale anti-corruption campaign was launched at the behest of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Hundreds of princes, ministers and businessmen were arrested at the Ritz-Carlton luxury hotel in Riyadh.
Many remained in custody for weeks and were released only after signing economic agreements with the government, which later confirmed that it had recovered more than 400 billion riyals (more than 90 billion euros).
