Shaher Abdulhak (; 1938 – 2 October 2020) was a

Yemen Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders Saudi Arabia to the Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, north and ...

i businessman.

Career

In 1963 Abdulhak founded the company "Shaher Trading", an enterprise involved in petroleum, soft drinks, tourism and property. Abdulhak was known as the "King of Sugar" in Yemen, where he held a great deal of political influence In spite of his prominent position in Yemeni society, Abdulhak was media-shy; he never granted interviews and no photo of him was ever printed in the local press. In December 2009, his picture was shown for the first time in public media when Norwegian newspaper '' VG'' printed a private photograph of him. Shaher Abdulhaq was the father of Farouk Abdulhak, the alleged perpetrator of the rape and murder of the 23-year-old Norwegian female business student Martine Vik Magnussen. (See

Murder of Martine Vik Magnussen The Martine Vik Magnussen case involves the rape and murder of 23-year-old Norwegian female business student Martine Vik Magnussen. Her body was found hidden under rubble in the basement of a block of flats in Great Portland Street, Marylebone, ...

.) On 2 October 2020, Abdulhaq died from

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. On 6 October, he was buried in

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The impact of his son's legal problems on Shaher Abdulhak's business relationships

In December 2010, ''VG'' reported that a group of elected representatives in the Norwegian Parliament has written to Shaher Abdulhak's business connections, including Coca-Cola, Mercedes Benz-manufacturer Daimler AG, Whirlpool, Philips, Xerox and Clorox, requesting they review their commercial relationships. On 16 December 2010, ''VG'' confirmed that Daimler AG had served notice to terminate its distribution contract with United Engineering & Automobile Co. Ltd. On 15 February 2011 a letter to the elected representatives from Abdulhak was published by Norwegian media, allegedly threatening the representatives with legal action.

References

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