A Jordanian official source, to the official news agency Petra, denied that the former chief of the royal court, Bassem Awadallah, had been released, and that he had left the country.
The agency confirmed that he is still being held pending investigation.
Jordanian activists on social media claimed that Bassem Awadallah - who holds the Saudi nationality - had been released and left with a Saudi delegation to Riyadh, after Saudi pressure exerted on Jordan to release him.
It is noteworthy that the Jordanian security authorities arrested Awadallah on the back of the case related to what the government said was an internal and external conspiracy to destabilize the security of the Kingdom.
The Washington Post reported a few days ago that a Saudi delegation arrived in Jordan on Monday to demand the release of Bassem Awadallah, but the Saudi authorities denied this.
In statements published by CNN, the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that the Saudi Foreign Minister was in Amman to confirm Saudi solidarity and support for Jordan, and he did not discuss any other issues and did not submit any requests.
Bassem Awadallah was arrested with others in order to interrogate them in what the Jordanian authorities said was a plot targeting Jordan's security and stability.
For his part, Saudi TV said a few days ago that King Salman bin Abdulaziz confirmed his support for all measures that protect Jordan and its interests.
It is noteworthy that Basem Awadallah, a former senior advisor to King Abdullah II, was the special envoy of the Jordanian king to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which granted him a Saudi passport.
Within the family
The King of Jordan, Abdullah II, announced yesterday in a message published by the Royal Court that he decided to deal with the issue of Prince Hamzah bin Al-Hussein (whose close associates were arrested in connection with the same case) within the framework of the Hashemite family and entrusted the path of the file to his uncle Prince Al-Hassan bin Talal, adding that Prince Hamzah "Commit to the family to follow the path of fathers and grandparents, and to be faithful to their mission."
The Jordanian royal court had previously published a letter to Prince Hamzah bin Al-Hussein, who said that he had signed it at the home of Prince Al-Hassan bin Talal in the presence of a number of princes, in which he confirmed that he would be "always for His Majesty the King and his Crown Prince to help and support."
For his part, Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi said that the moves and threats raised by this case were completely contained and brought under control, stressing that they did not pose an immediate threat.
Safadi indicated - in his statements yesterday to the American Wall Street Journal - that the security forces confronted what he called "Prince Hamzah's efforts aimed at destabilizing the country and fanning popular discontent with the deterioration of the economy in order to ride the wave and present himself as ruler." An alternative, "according to the newspaper.
Safadi told the newspaper that the authorities monitored timetables that were being discussed for such a campaign, but it did not reach the point of a coup.