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Abuse of Office and Saudi Deal for Ex-Mayor in Upper Austria
A controversial case of abuse of office and improper acceptance of gifts has shaken a municipality in the district of Vöcklabruck, Upper Austria. A former mayor of the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) stood before the regional court in Wels, as he is said to have accepted payments from a Saudi Arabian prince over decades to enable the rezoning of grassland into building land.
A former ÖVP mayor from the district of Vöcklabruck had to answer for improper acceptance of gifts and abuse of office in Wels. / Picture: © Wikimedia Commons; de:Montag, CC BY-SA 3.0 Unported DEED (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en)
The controversial story began back in 1998 when a Saudi Arabian prince wanted to purchase a large plot of land in the idyllic region, as reported by ORF. As the land was designated as grassland, it had to be rezoned for use as building land. Under the pretext of building a hotel there, the area was finally approved as…
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