A Bad Week for ... , December 1, 2013
The High Court declared Rafael Hui Si-yan bankrupt for failing to repay unspecified debts to the Bank of East Asia (BEA). Hui faces claims from five lenders, including BEA, which filed the bankruptcy petition in September.
The High Court declared the former chief secretary bankrupt for failing to repay unspecified debts to the Bank of East Asia (BEA). Hui, 65 - who is also involved in a corruption case with Sun Hung Kai Properties' co-chairmen Thomas Kwok Ping-kwong and Raymond Kwok Ping-luen - faces claims from five lenders, including BEA, which filed the bankruptcy petition in September.
Italy's ex-prime minister was expelled from the Senate. It means that the 77-year-old billionaire is without elective office for the first time in about two decades and has lost the special immunities given to lawmakers. He is soon expected to start community service for the tax fraud conviction that formed the basis for his removal.
A London court heard that the TV chef had become a daily drug user, taking cocaine as well prescription medicines over more than a decade. It was alleged that she hid her drug-taking from her now former husband, Charles Saatchi. The allegation was made by lawyers for Lawson's two former assistants, who deny they defrauded the couple.
