PARIS: International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Christine Lagarde was ordered on Thursday (Friday in Manila) to stand trial over her handling of a massive state payout to French tycoon Bernard Tapie when she was finance minister.
Lagarde was placed under formal investigation in 2014 for negligence in a protracted legal drama pitting Tapie against a bank which he accused of defrauding him during his sale of sports clothing giant Adidas in the 1990s.
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