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Senegal's Karim Wade jailed for corruption | Senegal's Karim Wade jailed for corruption |
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A court in Senegal has sentenced the son of former President Abdoulaye Wade to six years in prison for corruption. | A court in Senegal has sentenced the son of former President Abdoulaye Wade to six years in prison for corruption. |
Karim Wade was also fined $228m (£153m) for illegal enrichment during his father's 12-year rule. | |
He was chosen at the weekend as the presidential candidate of the main opposition party, the PDS. | |
President Macky Sall warned last week that his government would not tolerate any attempt to destabilise Senegal after the court gave its verdict. | |
Mr Sall defeated Abdoulaye Wade in fiercely contested elections in 2012. | |
Karim Wade had been accused of illegally amassing about $1.4bn when his father was in power. | |
Judge Henri Gregoire Diop said he had hidden away funds in offshore companies in the British Virgin Islands and Panama, Reuters news agency reports. | |
"The facts before us constitute illicit enrichment by Karim Wade," the judge is quoted as saying. | |
Opposition supporters inside the courtroom shouted in protest, denouncing the verdict as "shameful". | |
Karim Wade was a senior minister in his father's government, and was in charge of major infrastructure and energy projects. | |
His large portfolio led to him being dubbed "the minister of the earth and the sky". | |
He was alleged to have acquired several foreign firms by illicit means in Senegal. | He was alleged to have acquired several foreign firms by illicit means in Senegal. |
Karim Wade has been in detention since April 2013. | |
His arrest came after the new government vowed to tackle corruption. | |
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