French court confirms 3-year suspended jail for Equatorial Guinea leader’s son

The court also ordered Obiang to pay 30 million euros ($32.9 million), a fine suspended in the initial ruling in 2017.
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The Paris appeals court on Monday confirmed a three-year suspended jail sentence for Teodorin Obiang, the son of Equatorial Guinea’s leader and its vice president, on graft charges.

The court also ordered Obiang to pay 30 million euros ($32.9 million), a fine suspended in the initial ruling in 2017.

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Obiang, the son of Equatorial Guinea’s leader Teodoro Obiang Nguema who has ruled the West African state for the last 40 years, was convicted of using public money to fund a jet-set lifestyle in Paris.

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