Brazil court gives five days to ex-president Jair Bolsonaro to hand over a set of jewellery and guns he received from Saudi Arabia and UAE as gifts
Jewelry gifted to ex-president Jair Bolsonaro and ex-first lady Michelle Bolsonaro by Saudi government and seized by customs officials is displayed at Guarulhos International Airport in Sao Paulo.
TCU, which oversees the government coffers, also ordered the far-right ex-army captain to hand over to the presidential palace collection two guns he received as presents from the UAE in 2019. The TCU court also ordered that the first set of jewellry, seized by customs officials in 2021 in the backpack of a government aide returning from Saudi Arabia, be kept in custody at the presidential offices, in addition to opening an audit on all gifts received by Bolsonaro during his term.
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