The Jordanian Armed Forces affirmed this Saturday that they have asked Prince

Hamzah bin Hussein

, former heir to the Crown and half-brother of the current Jordanian king,

Abdullah II

, to "stop his activities against the security and stability of Jordan", although they clarified that he has not been arrested, the official Petra news agency reported.

"The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,

Yusef Ahmed al Huneiti,

denied on Saturday the information about the arrest of Prince Hamzah. He explained that (the prince) was asked to

stop his movements and activities

used against the security and stability of Jordan. ", according to a statement from the Armed Forces.

These statements come "in the framework of joint investigations carried out by the security services" in which

Bassem Awadallah,

former head of the royal court of King

Abdullah II

and former Minister of Finance, along with

Sharif Hasan bin Zaid,

have been arrested.

,

a member of the royal family, "for security reasons", without giving further details.

Likewise, an undetermined number of people have also been arrested in "investigations that continue and the results of which will be made known in full transparency", although without setting a date.

Al Huneiti

said in the statement that "all the measures that were taken were in accordance with the law and after extensive investigations."

"No one is above the law, and Jordan's security and stability come first," he concluded in the note.

During this Saturday, the Jordanian security forces carried out a

wide campaign of arrests

in what some media have affirmed that it was "an apparent coup attempt" against the monarch, although the Armed Forces have not mentioned this point. in your statement.

Prince Hamzah bin al Hussein is the eldest son of the late King Hussein and his wife, Queen

Noor

, and was heir to the Crown until he was relieved by Abdullah in November 2004.

Abdullah II later appointed his son, Prince Hussein bin Abdullah, as the country's new crown prince.

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