To Lam was filmed dining at Nusr-Et Steakhouse in London, which serves up steaks wrapped in edible 24-carat gold leaf, reportedly costing more than US$1,000 (RM4,150). - AFP
LONDON (AFP): A video showing a powerful Vietnamese official enjoying a bite of steak smothered in gold leaf at a luxury London restaurant has sparked online anger in the South-East Asian country, where the average person earns a few dollars a day.
To Lam, minister of public security - whose agency deals with the monitoring of dissent and surveillance of activists in the authoritarian state - was seen tucking into the hunk of meat at Nusr-Et Steakhouse in the wealthy area of Knightsbridge.
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