By Tom Arnold
DUBAI (Reuters) – 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.
Al-Sanea was freed late last week after being detained in October for unpaid debts, related at least in part to the hospital, according to the sources.
An arrest warrant, issued in October for hi…
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