Spanish ex-king Juan Carlos makes rare public appearance in UAE

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ABU DHABI: Spain\u0027s former king Juan Carlos I was spotted at a tennis tournament in Abu Dhabi on Saturday (Dec 18), days after Swiss prosecutors closed a US$100 million corruption case against him for lack of evidence. Juan Carlos was seen by an AFP photographer at a match featuring Spain\u0027s Rafael Nadal at

ABU DHABI: Spain's former king Juan Carlos I was spotted at a tennis tournament in Abu Dhabi on Saturday , days after Swiss prosecutors closed a US$100 million corruption case against him for lack of evidence.

On Monday, Swiss prosecutors said they have closed the case against Juan Carlos over suspicions he received US$100 million in kickbacks for facilitating a high-speed rail contract in Saudi Arabia awarded to a Spanish consortium. But it said the probe had"not permitted to establish in a sufficient manner a link between the amount received from Saudi Arabia and the contract to build the high-speed train."

 

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