Cameroon's former finance and
economy minister Polycarpe Abah Abah was
sentenced to 25 years in prison by a special
criminal court for embezzling $11m to buy a
string of houses and cars.
The court will seize 30 properties, eight vehicles
and three tractors as well as bank accounts
worth $47 000 from Abah Abah, who was
convicted with three others including Pascal
Manga, who was sentenced in absentia, said
witnesses.
Abah Abah served as minister from 2004 to
2008 and before that headed the finance
ministry's tax department. He told journalists at
the court late on Tuesday that the ruling was a
"joke" and said he would appeal.
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