HO CHI MINH CITY (AFP): A Vietnamese property tycoon who was jailed for life in a US$17 billion money laundering case had her sentence cut to 30 years on appeal on Monday after she claimed what happened was "an accident".
Property developer Truong My Lan had already lost a challenge against the death penalty in a separate case in which she was found guilty in April last year of stealing money from Saigon Commercial Bank (SCB) and fraud amounting to US$27 billion.
