As reported by Cadena Ser de Málaga, Judge María Ángeles Ruiz has requested that the Al-Thani family be located in Europe due to the lack of response from the Qatari authorities. The aforementioned media explains that this situation comes after the Ministry of Justice has communicated to the Examining Court 14 of Malaga that the Qatari authorities have not responded to the request for Abdullah Al Thani and his three sons, Nasser, Nayef and Rakkan to declare in the case in which they are being investigated for crimes of unfair administration, misappropriation and money laundering in relation to their management at the head of Málaga The sheikh was the president of the club and his children, advisers, until his dismissal by court order on February 20, 2020 and the appointment of José María Muñoz as judicial administrator.
The Ser String further explains the following. “In that letter to the court, dated December 3, the Ministry of Justice indicates that they have not received a response to the request made last February for the appearance of those investigated, but not to the one reiterated last October. . The only signs of life received from Qatar was that they had not received any request,
request the documentation that has been collected in the Malaga court during the investigation and announce that the prosecution of this Asian country has decided to open an investigation into these events against the sheikh and his three children. This response led the court to reiterate the international request for a statement by the four investigated.
The Court of Instruction 14 of Malaga goes one step further and asks the investigating group to carry out the appropriate investigations to locate those investigated in European territory, especially in the United Kingdom.
The statement of the Al Thani is an essential question to be able to complete the procedure, otherwise, according to judicial sources, it would have to be filed provisionallyl. While this situation continues, the judicial administration will continue ‘sine die’, although from there it is expected that the situation will make Al Thani consider a sale of its shares