Former Crown Prince of Jordan says in a video that he is under ‘house arrest’

Former Jordan Crown Prince Hamzah bin Hussein, King Abdullah II's half-brother (Photo: Reuters)

AMMAN: Jordan’s former crown prince and half brother of King Abdullah II, on Saturday claimed he has been placed under house arrest amid a series of arrests in the kingdom of several high-ranking people, including a member of the royal family and a longtime confidant of the monarch. In a video, the former crown prince Hamzah bin Hussein described how he had been ordered to remain in his home incommunicado with his wife and children, reported New York Times.