Death row tycoon vows to turn empire into ‘golden goose’


Relentless legal battle: Lan (right) at a court hearing in Ho Chi Minh City in this file photo. — AFP

A PROPERTY tycoon trying to avoid a death sentence for multi-­billion-dollar fraud has promised to turn her property empire into a “golden goose” to help pay back the assets she embezzled, her lawyer said.

Property developer Truong My Lan lost an appeal in December against the death penalty in a case in which she was found guilty of stealing money from Saigon Com­mer­cial Bank (SCB) and fraud amounting to US$27bil (RM116bil).

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