Arildno's favorite MP to resign

  • Thread starter Thread starter Gokul43201
  • Start date Start date
AI Thread Summary
Norwegian MP Saera Khan from the Labour Party has announced she will not seek re-election after it was revealed she made 793 calls to pay-per-minute fortune-tellers, costing the government approximately 48,000 kroner (£4,590; $7,750) in just three months. Initially, Khan claimed the calls were to her boyfriend, who was supposedly on a secret mission with British special forces, but later retracted this statement. The incident has sparked discussions about the appropriateness of her actions, with some expressing more concern over her reliance on psychics than the financial implications of her phone bill.
Gokul43201
Staff Emeritus
Science Advisor
Gold Member
Messages
7,207
Reaction score
25
Arildno's "favorite" MP to resign!

BBC said:
A Norwegian politician has said she will not seek re-election after running up a large phone bill ringing fortune-tellers at parliament's expense.

Saera Khan, an MP for the ruling Labour Party, admits calling pay-per-minute fortune-tellers 793 times in one nine-month period, for a total of 133 hours.

In one three-month period, she spent 48,000 kroner (£4,590; $7,750), the daily Verdens Gang newspaper reported.
...
Ms Khan initially said the expensive calls were satellite phone calls to her boyfriend, who she said was on a secret foreign mission with Britain's special forces.
"Future boyfriend", she later corrected herself, when asked for additional details.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7662908.stm
 
Physics news on Phys.org


I think I'd be more concerned that she's consulting psychics than that she wasted $20,000 of the government's money.
 


That actually made me laugh.
 


Good riddance to her. :smile:
 

Hot Threads

Recent Insights

Back
Top