Billionaire Saudi Prince AlWaleed bin Talal says all is forgiven after his three-month detention in an anti-corruption crackdown, dismissing speculation he had forfeited control of his assets. The prince was released from the now-notorious Ritz-Carlton hotel in early January after an undisclosed financial agreement with the government.
“I am not a person who is going to say I forgive but I don’t forget. I say I forgive and I forget at the same time,” he said in an interview with Bloomberg News published on Tuesday.
He refused to divulge the terms of his release, which he described as a “confidential and secret agreement”.
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A Saudi official said that the prince’s release came after a monetary settlement.
Attorney General Sheikh Saud al-Mojeb has said that $107 billion has been recovered in the crackdown in various forms of assets handed over that included property and securities.