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Article: Belgian King to repay defense department after fraud scandal
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- March 6, 2007
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Belgian King to repay defense department after fraud scandal
BRUSSELS, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Belgian King Albert II will repay
the Belgian defense department 185,000 euros for the illegal gains
that his son Prince Laurent got from a navy embezzlement scandal,
Belgian media reported Tuesday.
The donation is not an admission of guilt by the king or his son
Prince Laurent, the defense department said.
The amount was set at 185,000 euros after an investigation of the
internal bookkeeping data of the defense department since 1993 and on
the basis of reports from court experts, the defense department said.
It was equivalent to the benefits Prince Laurent had received.
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