因抗議國王不給交水電費 11名沙特王子被捕

A group of 11 Saudi princes was arrested after staging a sit-in at a palace in Riyadh, the kingdom's attorney general said.

沙特的司法大臣日前表示，11名王子在利雅得一宮殿上上演靜坐抗議後被捕。

The princes were protesting a recent royal order that "halted payments by the state to members of the royal family to cover their electricity and water utility bills," Sheikh Saud Al Mojeb said in a statement.

謝赫·沙特·埃爾·莫傑布在一份聲明中指出：“這些王子對近期一項王室命令--即停止由國家爲王室成員支付電費和水費表示抗議。”

They also want compensation for the 2016 state execution of a cousin who was convicted of murder, the statement said.

聲明稱，這些王子還想獲得賠償，因爲國家2016年處決了他們一名被控謀殺的兄弟。

Authorities had told the princes their demands were unlawful, but they refused to leave and public peace and order was disrupted, the attorney general said.

該司法大臣稱，當局已經告知這些王子，他們的要求是非法的，但是他們拒絕離開，治安和秩序受到了擾亂。

The princes were being detained at Al-Hayer prison south of Riyadh, the capital, pending trial.

王子們現在被拘留在首都利雅得南部的埃爾·海亞監獄，等待審判。

"No one is above the law in Saudi Arabia. Everyone is equal and is treated the same as others," the statement said.

該聲明稱：“在沙特阿拉伯，沒有人能夠凌駕於法律之上。人人平等，待遇相同。”

Two months ago, authorities arrested dozens of royals, businessmen and senior government officials as a part of a corruption crackdown.

兩個月前，當局逮捕了幾十名王室成員、商人和政府高官，以此作爲打擊腐敗行動的一部分。

Those detained included the former head of the royal court, Khaled Al-Tuwaijri, and Saudi media mogul Waleed Al-Ibrahim.

那些被逮捕的人中包括了皇家法院前院長哈立德·埃爾·圖瓦伊裏王子和沙特媒體大亨瓦利德·易卜拉欣。