Report: Head of LIV Golf accused of campaign involving ‘wrongful kidnapping and detention’
Report: Head of LIV Golf accused of campaign involving ‘wrongful kidnapping and detention’
Yasir Al-Rumayyan, head of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and the de facto head of LIV Golf, has been accused of “having carried out the instructions” of Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman with “malicious intent” according to a lawsuit filed in Canada. The story was first reported by the Athletic.
Dr. Saad Aljabri, a former intelligence officer with the country who fled and has since defected to Canada, is attempting to bring the suit regarding the treatment of his family. Two of his children were arrested in 2020 for “security reasons” before both were scheduled to continue their education in the United States. Aljabri’s son, Omar, received a nine-year sentence while Aljabri’s daughter, Sarah, is serving a sentence of just under seven years; neither had the chance to be present for their trial or to cross
