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Prince Jefri Bolkiah, full name His Royal Highness Pengiran Digadong Sahibul Mal Pengiran Muda Jefri Bolkiah ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Haji Omar Ali Saifuddien Sa'adul Khairi Waddien 〔 (born 6 November 1954), is a member of the Brunei Royal Family. His elder brother is Sultan of Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah.〔 Prince Jefri was the finance minister of his oil-rich country from 1986 to 1998.〔 He also served as chairman of the Brunei Investment Agency (BIA) which invests much of the country's wealth 〔 and was responsible for overseas investments.〔 In the wake of the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis, the sultan had external accountants audit the books of BIA, resulting in charges by the Brunei government that Prince Jefri had embezzled $14.8 billion.〔 He denies the charges but in 2000 agreed to turn over his personal holdings to the government, in return for avoiding criminal prosecution and being allowed to keep a personal residence in Brunei.〔 After numerous legal disputes and appeals, in 2007 Britain's Privy Council ruled that this agreement is enforceable.〔 His various legal issues with the Bruneian state have become the most expensive legal case in British legal history.〔 Prince Jefri is known for his extravagant lifestyle.〔 His personal holdings included a huge art collection, the British jeweller Asprey, The New York Palace Hotel, Hotel Bel-Air in Los Angeles and Plaza Athénée in Paris.〔 He is married to three wives and divorced from two others〔 and has eighteen children.〔 ==Personal life== Prince Jefri is the youngest brother of His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin Waddaulah (the 29th Sultan of Brunei and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam).〔 He has had five wives, two of whom he is divorced from and three to whom he is still married,〔 and eighteen children〔 aged between around 4 to 37 in 2008.〔 Additionally he has faced a number of accusations, including lawsuits from the women allegedly involved,〔 that he has paid women to go to Brunei to have sex with him〔〔 (see “Other legal issues” below); it is alleged he kept a harem of up to forty women for several years, which included the writer Jillian Lauren, who published a book about her experiences.〔〔 Jillian says that Jefri liked to be called "Robin" by women in the harem, which is also the vanity plate on one of his Bentley Continental Rs. His costly possessions included a private Boeing 747,〔 a large art collection including works by Manet, Renoir and at least twenty-one works by Degas, along with a collection of 2000 luxury cars, a number of properties including the Plaza Athénée hotel in Paris and Hotel Bel-Air in Los Angeles,〔 The New York Palace Hotel in Manhattan, and others in Paris, Las Vegas and St. John's Lodge, in Regent's Park, London,〔 businesses such as the luxury goods manufacturer Asprey, and a yacht named ''Tits'' (which came with tenders named ''Nipple 1'' and ''Nipple 2'').〔 His assets were estimated at $1.5 billion.〔 By the 2000s, due to his legal issues (see below) he was forced to sell many of his assets and be exiled from Brunei,〔 although as of September 2009 he appears to have been allowed to return to Brunei and has been seen in public with the Royal Family.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jefri Bolkiah」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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