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It was probably the world's most expensive prison: the 拢650 minimum per room per night 5 star Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, is where some of the Saudi Royal family and prominent business men were being held from November until the end of January. They were arrested under an anti-corruption purge which Saudi authorities say has netted 拢106 billion pounds. Gillian Marles spoke to Madawi Al Rasheed, a Saudi expert at the London School of Economics, how this came to pass.