No immunity on embezzlement charges for E.Guinea president's son
Teodorin Nguema Obiang, the son of Equatorial Guinea's president Teodoro Obiang and one of the country's vice-presidents, is accused of money laundering and misappropriating public funds. By Jerome Leroy (AFP/File)
Paris (AFP) - A French appeals court ruled Tuesday that Teodorin Obiang, son of Equatorial Guinea's long-running dictator, does not have immunity for prosecution on embezzlement charges.
Obiang, one of the country's vice-presidents, was charged by French prosecutors in March 2014 with money laundering and misappropriating millions of dollars in public funds.