“I’m being accused of a gift I neither asked for nor received,” CNN quoted the former far-right president as saying. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SAO PAULO - Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro on Saturday denied committing “illegal acts” after local media reported he tried to bring into his country jewellery that the Saudi government allegedly gifted to him and his wife, according to CNN Brasil.
“I’m being accused of a gift I neither asked for nor received,” CNN quoted the former far-right leader as saying in an interview.His remarks came as newspaper O Estado de S. Paulo on Friday reported Mr Bolsonaro had illegally tried to bring to Brazil a jewellery set consisting of a diamond necklace, ring, watch and earrings gifted to him and former first lady Michelle by the Saudi government.
Agents at the Guarulhos airport in Sao Paulo seized the jewellery, as people must declare any goods worth more than US$1,000 when they enter Brazil, the newspaper said, adding that the Bolsonaro administration unsuccessfully tried to recover the jewellery multiple times through government officials.48 hours before his opponent and successor Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was sworn in.
Mr Bolsonaro is scheduled to attend the CPAC conservatives meeting in Washington later on Saturday. He is expected to meet former US President Donald Trump, his political idol, at the event. REUTERS
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