London - The Sultan of Brunei yesterday sacked his controversial brother, Prince Jefri, from his post controlling £36 billion of the country's overseas riches.
The prince has been removed as chairman of the Brunei Investment Agency, which places the sultanate's oil riches into hotels, banks, businesses and US Treasury bonds.
It comes just four months after the prince settled a High Court case which alleged embarrassing details of his flamboyant private life and amid rumours he had accrued huge debts through his business ventures.