查尔斯三世国王已将伦敦的英印房东 Nirpal Singh Riat 解除其皇家荣誉，此前他因出租潮湿、肮脏的住所而被罚款，据印度通讯社（PTI）报道。Riat 于2010年获得已故伊丽莎白二世女王授予的英帝国勋章（OBE）骑士，以表彰他对慈善事业和旁遮普人民的贡献。调查发现他使荣誉体系蒙羞。英国内阁本月发布了一份更新名单，列出了被取消荣誉的人。
King Charles III has stripped London-based British Indian landlord Nirpal Singh Riat of his royal honour after he was fined for renting out damp and squalid accommodation, news agency Press Trust of India reported. Riat, who received an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) honour from the late Queen Elizabeth II in 2010 for "services to charity and to the Punjabi people", was found to have brought the honours system into disrepute. His name appeared on an updated list issued by the UK Cabinet Office this month of people whose honours have been cancelled." The King has directed that the appointment of Nirpal Singh Riat to be an Officer of the Civil Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, dated 31 December 2010, shall be cancelled and annulled and that his name shall be erased from the of the said Order," the Cabinet Office statement said.
“国王已指示取消2010年12月31日授予 Nirpal Singh Riat 为英帝国民事荣誉官（OBE）的任命，并撤销其姓名从该荣誉中删除，”内阁办公室声明称。现年70多岁的 Riat 否认部分指控，称其为“捏造的”。三年前法院披露其商业细节后，他被贴上“流氓房东”的标签。据 PTI 转述的地方媒体报道，Riat 因非法将房屋改建为公寓并向弱势群体出租，被罚款30万英镑，约合3800万卢比，这是西伦敦同类罚款中金额最大的一次之一。
Riat, who is now in his 70s, denies some of the allegations against him, describing them as "fabricated". He was labelled a rogue landlord after details of his business emerged in court about three years ago. According to local media reports cited by PTI, Riat was fined £300,000, or around Rs 3.8 crore, in one of the biggest such penalties in west London. He had illegally converted houses into flats and rented outbuildings to vulnerable people who were forced to live in "terrible conditions".
此前还有关于非法房产转换的罚款报道。Riat 的荣誉被剥夺是在汉苏威议员向荣誉剥夺委员会提出申诉后做出的。该委员会在英国内阁办公室下运作，审查可能使荣誉体系蒙羞的案件。取消皇家荣誉极为罕见。2024年，印度裔商人拉梅·兰格爵士也遭遇了类似的决定。
There were also reports of an earlier fine over an illegal property conversion. The decision to strip Riat of his honour came after a local councillor in Hounslow raised the matter with the Honours Forfeiture Committee. The committee, which operates under the UK Cabinet Office, reviews cases in which a person may have brought the honours system into disrepute. The cancellation of a royal honour is rare. A similar decision was taken against Indian-origin businessman Lord Rami Ranger in 2024.
兰格被剥夺了已故伊丽莎白二世女王于2015年12月新年授勋名单中授予的大英帝国司令勋章（CBE），该勋章表彰他为英国商业和亚裔社区所作贡献。委员会认定，他让授勋制度蒙羞。兰格向法院提起挑战，本月初获得司法复核许可。其法律团队预计将在未来几个月的实质聆讯中主张，剥夺其CBE的决定过度，且未遵循正当程序。在英国授勋制度中，CBE等级高于OBE。因此，里亚特的OBE已被取消，其名字从勋章名单中除名，原因是因其租赁房产被罚款，且认定其行为让授勋制度蒙羞。
Ranger was stripped of the Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) honour awarded by the late Queen Elizabeth II in the New Year Honours list of December 2015 for services to British business and the Asian community. The committee found that he had brought the honours system into disrepute. Ranger challenged the decision in court and earlier this month secured the right to a judicial review. His legal team is expected to argue at a full hearing in the coming months that the decision to strip him of the CBE was disproportionate and that due process was not followed. In the UK honours system, a CBE ranks higher than an OBE. Riat's OBE has therefore been cancelled and his name removed from the order's following the fine over his rental properties and the finding that his conduct had brought the honours system into disrepute.