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Saudi businessman released from detention

Published December 28, 2017 Updated December 28, 2017 12:00am

A Saudi Arabian businessman whose family's commercial empire is involved in a multi-billion dollar debt dispute has been released from detention in the kingdom's Eastern Province, according to sources familiar with the matter.
Abdulaziz al-Sanea's release comes as the government steps up efforts to find a company to run a struggling 750-bed hospital owned by his family, a search that has turned the spotlight on the kingdom's effort to bring overseas investors into the healthcare sector.