沙特展開大範圍腐敗調查關押208人

Saudi Arabia's attorney general is confirming the country has detained 208 people in a wide corruption probe and estimates more than $100 billion had been embezzled over many years.

In a statement Thursday, Saud al-Mojeb said seven of the people detained had been released without charge, but the other 201 remain in custody. Around 1,700 bank accounts also were frozen by the government.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said he spoke with Saudi Arabia Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir on Tuesday. The secretary said, "It's my understanding that they're characterizing [the detentions] as not really arrests at this point, but they're presenting people with evidence of what they think the wrongdoing is to see if there's a willingness to want to make things right."

Tillerson said, “it raises a few concerns until we see more clearly how these particular individuals are dealt with."

Critics of the Saudi government say the probe is aimed at purging top Saudi government officials and sidelining rivals, as 32-year-old Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman heads the newly formed anti-graft commission.沙特阿拉伯總檢察長穆吉布證實，沙特在大規模腐敗調查行動中關押了208人，據估計多年來有1000多億美元被侵吞。

穆吉布星期四發表聲明說，其中7人已被釋放，沒有受到指控，其他201人仍然在押。沙特政府還凍結了大約1700個銀行賬戶。

美國國務卿雷克斯·蒂勒森說，他星期四跟沙特外交大臣朱拜爾交談過。蒂勒森說：“我的理解是，目前他們對這次羈押尚未定性爲逮捕，但是他們向相關人員展示了證明不當行爲的證據，看他們是否有意願糾正錯誤。”

蒂勒森國務卿說：“這讓我們有些擔憂，除非我們清楚地瞭解到這些人被如何處理。”

沙特政府的批評者說，這次大規模調查的目的是清洗沙特政府高層官員，讓對手靠邊站。沙特新成立的反貪腐委員會由32歲的王儲穆罕默德·本·薩勒曼領導。