Reason for the dismissal of a senior Saudi security official revealed.
Informed Saudi sources have revealed the reason for the recent dismissal of a senior security official in Saudi Arabia, and this is related to the concerns of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman about the fear of losing power.
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.
Al-Ahd Al-Jadeed account stated that Al-Harbi’s dismissal was not due to a corruption case; It was because of a message he received from Saad al-Jabri, a former Saudi intelligence official.
In 2017, King Salman appointed him Commander of the Special Emergency Forces. Al-Harbi was the commander of the Hajj security forces in 2016, and in 2017 he was appointed commander of the Umrah and Hajj security forces.
In December 2018, King Salman issued a decree appointing al-Harbi as director of public security at the Saudi Interior Ministry, and he remained in office until the decision to remove him.
The Saudi government has ousted many of its opponents after Mohammad bin Salman came to power, claiming to be fighting corruption.
On November 4, 2017, King Salman bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia ordered the formation of an anti-corruption organization headed by his son Mohammed, following which dozens of current and former Saudi princes and officials were arrested.
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, Mohammad bin Salman returned to the collective repression of officials, princes and influential people with the establishment of the so-called Anti-Corruption Committee. This process began with royal orders, when the King of Saudi Arabia dismissed a number of officials, especially Awad bin Eid al-Balawi, the commander of the border forces. Also, two officers and two governors of the Tabuk region and a number of officials of the Red Sea project were fired for corruption and land grabbing.
Al-Jabri’s letter to al-Harbi was interpreted as a coup against Muhammad bin Salman, the report said.
Al-Harbi is charged with “accepting bribes,” “fraud,” and “abusing his job position,” Saudi state news agency WAS reported.
Al-Harbi was born in Medina in 1962 and began his military service in 1981. He joined the King Fahd Security College in Riyadh and graduated in 1402 AH (1981) with the rank of lieutenant and a bachelor’s degree in security sciences. He worked as a company commander, battalion commander, commander of the Recruitment and Training Center and operations manager.
