Dubai Ruler Abducted Daughters and Threatened Ex-wife, UK Court Finds

Dubai Ruler Abducted Daughters and Threatened Ex-wife, UK Court Finds
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum and Princess Haya bint Al Hussein attend day one of Royal Ascot at Ascot Racecourse in Ascot, England on June 17, 2014. Chris Jackson/Getty Images for Ascot Racecourse
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The billionaire ruler of Dubai arranged the kidnapping of two of his adult daughters and forcibly returned them to the Gulf state after they attempted to flee abroad, a UK court has found.

In a case described by the judge as “extraordinary,” the family division of the High Court in London also found that Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum conducted a “campaign of fear and intimidation” against his former wife, Jordanian Princess Haya bint al-Hussein.