Emirati tycoon dismisses report he’s a wanted man
By ADAM SCHRECK (AP) – 12 hours ago
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The Emirati host of an “Apprentice”-style reality show and former owner of cash-strapped Premier League team Portsmouth said Wednesday he plans to cut short an overseas trip to clear his name amid reports he is wanted in Dubai over an unresolved property dispute.
In an interview with The Associated Press, Sulaiman al-Fahim said he is in Moscow representing the United Arab Emirates chess federation but plans to return home by week’s end.
“Just to clear the rumors, I’m going to go back to Dubai,” al-Fahim said by phone.
Abu Dhabi’s The National newspaper carried a prominent front-page story Wednesday saying a Dubai court had issued a warrant for al-Fahim’s arrest because of an unpaid debt stemming from a real estate deal gone sour.
Al-Fahim dismissed the report as “nonsense.” He said he is not worried he might be arrested upon his return to the Emirates.
“This is my home country,” he said, adding that if authorities had wanted to find him abroad, they knew where he was given his involvement with the Russian chess event. “I am here on an official trip,” he said.
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