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The retention of high-ranking figures of the kingdom in a luxury hotel in the capital city of Riyadh was officially described as anti-corruption. However, many saw this operation as a move to consolidate the power of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
A source who gave information about this operation to the British Guardian newspaper said that everyone inside was blindfolded and that princes and businessmen were beaten and tied to the wall. The source, whose name is not mentioned in the article, said:
“It was the first night, everyone was blindfolded and almost everyone was exposed to what Egyptian intelligence calls ‘night of the beating’. People were asked if they knew why they were here. No one knew. Most were beaten, some very badly. In the ‘stress position’ there were people tied to the wall. It took hours and all those who tortured were Saudis.
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Explaining that all this was done to loosen them up, the source said that interrogators arrived the next day. Explaining that the detainees were separated in their rooms, the source said of the interrogators: “There is a misconception that they were knocking on the door with pages of information and documents. They knew very little. They had information about the Saudi assets, but no they had hopes of accounts abroad. “
“Most had no idea what they were looking for. In some cases, they blackmailed because some of the detainees refused to sign anything,” the source said.
They participated in the murder of Kaşıkçı
Another person quoted in the report said: “This was done only to consolidate his power (of Mohammed bin Salman). It happened before the brutality of Khashoggi. It allowed him to commit the second (murder of Khashoggi), he said.
