Mutlaq and his family have been subjected to threats and violence, with his brother being kidnapped and murdered following the 2005 elections, and several of his bodyguards also having been murdered.
صالح مطلک و خانواده اش بارها مورد تهدید و خشونت قرار گرفتند، پس از انتخابات سال ۲۰۰۵ یکی از برادران وی ربوده و به قتل رسید و چند تن از محافظان او کشته شدند.