Sheikhdown

摘要

CHECKING into Riyadh's Ritz-Carlton usually costs about $300 per night. Checking out could cost the current guests billions. This month the Saudi authorities commandeered the hotel to serve as a gilded prison for more than 200 princes, ministers and businessmen held in an anti-corruption sweep. Though the kingdom has not released a list of suspects, some big names have been leaked. Among them are Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, a billionaire investor; Khaled al-Tuwaijri, the former head of the royal court; and Waleed al-Ibrahim, the chairman of the region's largest satellite broadcaster. The arrests were engineered by King Salman and his son, Muhammad, the young crown prince.