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Vietnamese billionaire sentenced to death for $44bn fraud

Property tycoon Truong My Lan is found guilty of looting one of the country's largest banks for 11 years.

Property tycoon Truong My Lan has been found guilty of embezzling from one of the country's largest banks for 11 years, and given a rare death sentence. We get the latest from our correspondent. And as the political crisis deepens in Myanmar, we hear the latest report from the United Nations which says the middle classes in the nation are at risk of being wiped out.

(Picture: Truong My Lan. Picture credit: STRINGER/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

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Thu 11 Apr 2024 14:32GMT

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  • Thu 11 Apr 2024 14:32GMT