Bahrain Mirror: One of Al-Bilad newspaper�s journalists, Rashed Al-Ghaeb, stated that he was handed a file from employees in Bahrain Polytechnic college, containing many details about �the employment of relatives, suspensions over corruption, odd decisions issued as a result of briberies by the college�s executive board.�

Data in massive cache of leaked secret bank account files from HSBC�s Swiss banking arm was made public by dozens of major media outlets. Prominent figures, who were HSBC clients were implicated in these files, and among them was Bharain�s Crown Prince Salman Bin Hamad Al Khalifa.