Thanks to Nardine Saad of BBC News Online for the Headline
Not sure I really understand what happened between 2012 and 2017, but a famous musician has been tried and found guilty of lobbying on behalf of both Malaysian and Chinese interests within the US for financial gain.
Others involved in the case have been let off with minor sentences, but Pras Michel choose to go to trial and was potentially facing life imprisonment. He has been found guilty and sentenced to 14 years in prison.
This sorry story involves amounts of money ranging from $4 billion US dollars stolen from Malaysia to $80million received by the rapper. These are large amounts and the story is simply mind blowing .I’m not even sure what these people were trying to achieve, apart from buying more gold jewellery, fancy cars and real estate.
Sometimes real life is stranger than fiction and lobbying from interested bodies to vulnerable politicians in all Countries has become pernicious and endemic.
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