Holiday Ayo - First Lady is the title for the spouse of a country's leader. The figure of the First Lady is usually a symbol of the goodness of the country's leaders whom she accompanies in carrying out important duties.

However, the fraudulent practice of corruption has also dragged in several big names of first ladies from several countries in the world. Who are they?

1. Imelda Marcos, Philippines

Imelda Romualdez Marcos is a Filipino politician who served as First Lady of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986 and was the wife of 10th president Ferdinand Marcos. Imelda wielded significant political power during her husband's dictatorship.

Born on December 30, 1965 to February 25, 1986, Imelda Marcos was famous for having a glamorous lifestyle when Filipinos suffered from poverty.

Imelda Marcos is famous for her collection of luxury goods with fantastic value, including bags from the fashion house Hermes which are famous for having fantastic value.

Apart from bags, he also has a collection of watches, jewelry, shoes, luxury cars and others.

According to People newspaper journalist, Roger Wolmuth, Imelda always spends millions of dollars every time she travels abroad.

"He bought sheets for US$10,340, tableware for US$43,370, napkins for US$19,400," Walmoth wrote.

He is also known to have vacationed in New York and bought the 66-story Woolworth Story skyscraper Herald Center for USD 60 million (IDR 800 billion).

Not only that, during her husband's reign, the period was filled with cases of corruption, kidnapping and murder of his political opponents.

Finally in 1986 Ferdinand Marcos was forced from office by a protest action of more than 1 million citizens known as the People Power Revolution.

2. Rosmah Mansor, Malaysia

Rosmah Mansor is the wife of Najib Razak, the former prime minister of Malaysia who is currently imprisoned for corruption.

She held the status as First Lady of Malaysia from 3 April 2009 to 10 May 2018. On September 1, Rosmah was sentenced to 10 years in prison and fined RM970 million (US$216 million) after being found guilty of corruption.

The 70-year-old woman was charged with soliciting RM187.5 million in bribes from contractor Saidi Abang Samsudin in 2016 and 2017 so that her company Jepak Holdings could secure a RM1.25 billion government project to supply solar energy to 369 rural schools in Sarawak.

3. Sara Netanyahu, Israel

Sara Netanyahu is the wife of Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel.  In June 2018, Sara Netanyahu was first charged with breach of trust fraud for misusing state funds to pay for food worth US$ 100 thousand on the grounds that there was no food available at the prime minister's official residence.

In addition, Sara Netanyahu was fined 10 thousand shekels (IDR 39.7 million), had to return 45,000 shekels (IDR 178.7 million) to the state, then Sara will return the money in nine installments.