A FATHER’S IRON FIST
Mar 20, 2020
4 minutes
COMPILED BY KIM ABRAHAMS
IT’S a saga straight from the pages of an explosive thriller: an Arab princess being drugged and spirited away by helicopter. Her sister seized by a heavily armed commando in a high-speed chase on the Indian Ocean. Guns being left on pillows with their safety catches off and a helicopter swooping to try to abduct the terrified wife of a sheikh as her son clings to her legs.
But this is no make-believe story. This is just some of the extraordinary evidence recently presented to a UK court about Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the mega-wealthy ruler of Dubai.
The testimony portrays a jaw-dropping abuse of power – with
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