Detained Saudi billionaire Alwaleed confident his troubles will end soon


  • World
  • Saturday, 27 Jan 2018

FILE PHOTO - Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal attends a news conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia August 30, 2009. REUTERS/Fahad Shadeed/File Picture

RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabian billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, detained in the kingdom's sweeping crackdown on corruption, said on Saturday that he expected to be cleared of any wrongdoing and released from custody within days, with his vast assets intact.

Prince Alwaleed was speaking in an exclusive interview with Reuters at his suite in Riyadh's Ritz-Carlton hotel, transformed into a luxurious prison to hold tycoons and royals.

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