New audio undermines Jordan’s claims of foreign plot

Prince Hamzah Bin Al-Hussein, right, and Prince Hashem Bin Al-Hussein (Mohammad abu Ghosh/AP)

A new audio recording that has surfaced indicates that Jordanian authorities tried to silence a former crown prince for meeting with internal critics.

The recording casts doubt on the authorities’ claim that Prince Hamzah was involved in a foreign plot to destabilise the Western-allied monarchy.