Dismissal of a high-ranking official in Saudi Arabia on command of King Salman.
Saudi King’s King Khalid al-Harbi has ousted the country’s public security chief on charges of so-called corruption.
Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz ousted Khalid al-Harbi from the post of head of Saudi public security as part of an alleged anti-corruption campaign.
The King of Saudi Arabia ousted Khalid al-Harbi on charges of what he called corruption and handed over his case to the Saudi Anti-Corruption Agency for judicial investigation into his financial misconduct.
Al-Harbi is charged with “accepting bribes,” “fraud,” and “abusing his job position,” Saudi state news agency WAS reported.
The Saudi government has ousted many of its opponents after Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman came to power, claiming to be fighting corruption.
On November 4, 2017, Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz ordered the formation of an anti-corruption organization headed by his son Mohammed, following the arrest of dozens of current and former Saudi princes and officials.
Following the arrests, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was able to extort more than $ 106 billion in cash, valuables and other valuables in exchange for the release of some princes.
November 2017 About 381 people are arrested in Saudi Arabia on charges of corruption and embezzlement, and most of them are imprisoned at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Riyadh. Several of them are still in custody.
Recently, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman returned to mass repression of officials, princes and influential people with the establishment of a so-called anti-corruption committee. This process began with royal decrees, when King Salman bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia fired a number of officials, especially Awad bin Eid al-Balwi, the commander of the border guards. Also, two officers and two governors of the Tabuk region and a number of Red Sea project officials were fired for corruption and land grabbing.
In October 2020, the Saudi Anti-Corruption Commission arrested 45 people, including six officers in the Saudi army and police, following an investigation into corruption. Among them were 13 government employees, four businessmen and five Saudi nationals working for contractors with the Ministry of Defense.
Defending the wave of arrests of current and former Saudi officials and what he called the fight against corruption, Mohammed bin Salman claimed that he was trying to reform his country’s economy.