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Bolsonaro denies ‘illegal acts’ over Saudi jewels; Lula government vows probe

Bolsonaro denies ‘illegal acts’ over Saudi jewels; Lula government vows probe

BRAZIL'S former President Jair Bolsonaro denied committing "illegal acts" after a report that jewellery allegedly gifted by Saudi Arabia to him and his wife was brought into the South American nation without being declared to authorities. The government of Bolsonaro's successor, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, pledged to investigate the matter. The Saudi embassy in Brazil did not immediately respond to a request for comment. "I'm being accused of a gift I neither asked for nor received," Bolsonaro was quoted as saying in an interview with CNN Brasil. "There is no illegality on my part. I never committed illegal acts."…
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