Islam Times- Close aide to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered Newcastle chairman Yasir al-Rumayyan to seize and transfer 20 companies to Riyadh's sovereign wealth fund in 2017.
The new chairman of Newcastle United was involved in the controversial
"anti-corruption" campaign in
Saudi Arabia that included the seizure and transfer of dozens of companies on behalf of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, according to newly revealed court documents.
Yasir al-Rumayyan, Newcastle's new chairman who also runs Riyadh's Public Investment Fund (PIF), was ordered to seize and transfer 20 companies to the sovereign wealth fund in 2017,
the Guardian reported. According to internal Saudi documents filed to a civil court in Canada as part of an unrelated case, a close aide to Prince Mohammed - known as MBS - ordered Rumayyan to make the transfers.
The PIF, which MBS chairs, came under intense scrutiny during negotiations for