Saudi Arabia arrests seven for suspected links with foreign entities

 

RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi authorities have arrested seven people for suspicious contacts with foreign entities and offering financial support to enemies overseas, state news agency SPA said on Saturday.

 

Citing a state security spokesman, an SPA statement said the suspects arrested "had suspicious contacts with foreign entities to support their activities, recruited people working in sensitive government sites and offered financial support of hostile elements overseas."

 

They aimed at undermining the security and stability of the Kingdom and dividing national unity, the statement said, adding that work was still underway to identify everyone involved in their activities and take all legal measures against them.

 

Saudi Arabia has arrested at least five people, mostly women who previously agitated for the right to drive and an end to the kingdom's male guardianship system, rights activists said on Friday.

 

In September, Saudi authorities arrested some 30 clerics, intellectuals and activists in an apparent crackdown on potential opponents of the conservative kingdom's absolute rulers and amid a deepening rift between the Kingdom and its allies on one side and Qatar on the other.

 

Saudi Arabia, alongside the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt, almost a year ago cut diplomatic and transport ties with Qatar accusing it of supporting militants and Iran - charges Doha denies.

 

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2018-05-19

  When I worked there you heard of many small clashes and shootings that happened around Riyadh,

never made outside news other than a small snippet,

30 rounded up, and  forgotten about by next week, 

and if all survive the system I will be very surprised

 

 

More Saudi sheiks arrested for refusing to bail out Jared Kushner on the upside-down 666 5th Avenue building?  Amazing how Qatar came back into the good graces of Trump after they agreed to take over Kushner's failed investment.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/17/nyregion/kushner-deal-qatar-666-5th.html

1 hour ago, zaphod reborn said:

More Saudi sheiks arrested for refusing to bail out Jared Kushner on the upside-down 666 5th Avenue building?  Amazing how Qatar came back into the good graces of Trump after they agreed to take over Kushner's failed investment.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/17/nyregion/kushner-deal-qatar-666-5th.html

Yup, Qatar was a strong supporter of terrorism, supposedly, after refusing to give financial backing to Kushner.    They reconsidered, gave financial support and are supposedly no longer supporters of terrorism.   Gives one pause to think.