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Kim's eldest son in financial trouble in Macau: report [View all]
AFP – 4 hrs ago
The eldest son of North Korea's late leader Kim Jong-Il is having financial problems after being cut off by the Stalinist state for doubting his country's succession policy, a Moscow newspaper said Friday.
The Argumenty i Fakty weekly said in its Internet addition that Kim Jong-Nam was recently kicked out of a luxury hotel in the Chinese gambling mecca of Macau over a $15,000 debt.
It cited Macau administration sources as saying that the eldest Kim -- seen as the likely successor until being caught entering Japan on a fake passport in 2001 -- had lived a luxurious lifestyle that included gambling and dinners at exclusive restaurants.
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"It looks like the Politburo has decided to punish the 'Communist playboy' and stopped sending him money," Argumenty i Fakty quoted The Macau Post Daily director Harald Bruning as saying.
More: http://tinyurl.com/6v6k8ot
The eldest son of North Korea's late leader Kim Jong-Il is having financial problems after being cut off by the Stalinist state for doubting his country's succession policy, a Moscow newspaper said Friday.
The Argumenty i Fakty weekly said in its Internet addition that Kim Jong-Nam was recently kicked out of a luxury hotel in the Chinese gambling mecca of Macau over a $15,000 debt.
It cited Macau administration sources as saying that the eldest Kim -- seen as the likely successor until being caught entering Japan on a fake passport in 2001 -- had lived a luxurious lifestyle that included gambling and dinners at exclusive restaurants.
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"It looks like the Politburo has decided to punish the 'Communist playboy' and stopped sending him money," Argumenty i Fakty quoted The Macau Post Daily director Harald Bruning as saying.
More: http://tinyurl.com/6v6k8ot
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