VOL. XLVII

No 12

22-March-2004

REGIONAL BANKING

Former NCB Chairman Wins Libel Case Against UK Publisher

Former Chairman of Saudi Arabias National Commercial Bank (NCB), Khalid bin Mahfouz, has won a libel action at the High Court in London against the UK publisher Pluto Press and the author Michael Griffin, Arab News reported on 17 March. In a revised edition of the book Reaping the Whirlwind about the Taliban movement in Afghanistan, Mr Griffin alleged that Mr Mahfouz and London-based Nimr...