因抗议国王不给交水电费 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名王子在利雅得一宫殿上上演静坐抗议后被捕。

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.

谢赫·沙特·埃尔·莫杰布在一份声明中指出：“这些王子对近期一项王室命令--即停止由国家为王室成员支付电费和水费表示抗议。”

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

声明称，这些王子还想获得赔偿，因为国家2016年处决了他们一名被控谋杀的兄弟。

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.

该司法大臣称，当局已经告知这些王子，他们的要求是非法的，但是他们拒绝离开，治安和秩序受到了扰乱。

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

王子们现在被拘留在首都利雅得南部的埃尔·海亚监狱，等待审判。

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

该声明称：“在沙特阿拉伯，没有人能够凌驾于法律之上。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.

两个月前，当局逮捕了几十名王室成员、商人和政府高官，以此作为打击腐败行动的一部分。

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长哈立德·埃尔·图瓦伊里王子和沙特媒体大亨瓦利德·易卜拉欣。