London:
Sheikha Latifa, one of the daughters of the ruler of Dubai, has written to British police asking them to reopen their investigation into the kidnap of her older sister from a street in Cambridge in 2000, the BBC reported on Thursday.
In a handwritten letter observed by the British broadcaster and dated 2018, Latifa asked Cambridgeshire Police to refocus on the case of her sister Shamsa, now 39, who was captured aged 18 and has not been observed in public because. Reuters has not observed the letter.
The Dubai government’s media workplace did not right away respond to a request for comment.
Cambridgeshire police confirmed it had received a letter, dated February 2018, in relation to the case and that it was portion of an “ongoing review”.
Latifa, 35, is herself the topic of international concern. In a video message filmed in a bathroom and obtained by the BBC, she stated she was getting held captive in a barricaded villa.
The UAE final week stated Latifa was getting cared for at household by family members and health-related specialists.
The two women’s father, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, has rejected findings by a London High Court judge who stated final year that he accepted as proved allegations that the sheikh had ordered the abductions of his daughters.
Britain has named on the United Arab Emirates to show proof that Latifa was nevertheless alive.
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