Veteran banker Ken Costa dismisses concern about kingdom’s
Human Rights record in video recording
The
British government’s special envoy to
Saudi Arabia has caused anger among MPs and human rights activists by saying concerns about the kingdom’s purchase of Newcastle United
Football Club were just “noise” created by people jealous of the investment.
The club was instantly ranked the richest in the world after the
Premier League approved the £300m deal last month, with the state’s wealth fund now owning an 80% stake. But critics of the deal raised concerns over the murder of journalist
Jamal Khashoggi by Saudi agents and the kingdom’s imprisonment of dissenters.