
Vietnamese billionaire sentenced to death
Truong My Lan has been sentenced to death for defrauding a bank of billions of dollars.
A property developer in Vietnam has been sentenced to death for her role in one of the biggest corruption cases in history. Truong My Lan was convicted of taking out $44bn in loans from the Saigon Commercial Bank. We speak to our reporter from BBC Vietnamese who has been following the case.
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Presenter: Luke Jones.
(Photo: Vietnamese court sentences tycoon Truong My Lan to death, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam, 11 Apr 2024. Credit: STRINGER/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)
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