Princess Latifa of Dubai, who was held captive by her father after an escape attempt in 2018, asked the British police to reinvestigate the kidnapping of her sister, Princess Shamsa, more than 20 years ago. In a letter that was written in 2019, but sent only to the Cambridgeshire police and the BBC this week, Princess Latifa wrote that if UK police investigated her sister’s kidnapping, which was done at her father’s request, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, could lead to Shamsa being released. Shamsa was kidnapped on a street in Cambridge during an escape attempt when she was 18. Last week, cell phone videos emerged of Princess Latifa saying she had no access to fresh air or sunlight and is under police custody.
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