Lebanon PM Mikati says family wealth legal in response to 'Pandora Papers'


  • World
  • Wednesday, 06 Oct 2021

FILE PHOTO Lebanons Prime Minister Najib Mikati gestures as he speaks to the press at the presidential palace in Baabda Lebanon September 10 2021. REUTERSMohamed Azakir

FILE PHOTO: Lebanon's Prime Minister Najib Mikati gestures as he speaks to the press at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon September 10, 2021. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

BEIRUT (Reuters) -Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati's family wealth comes from a communications business that has been audited in the past and is legal, a statement from his office said on Tuesday in response to a giant leak of financial documents.

A Lebanese news organisation, Daraj, was among international media outlets that reported on the "Pandora Papers", a set of leaked documents purporting to reveal offshore transactions involving global political and business figures.

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