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Equatorial Guinea official jailed for embezzlement after sex tape scandal

Baltasar Ebang Engonga was detained on suspicion of corruption before the videos were leaked.

A court in Equatorial Guinea on Wednesday handed an eight-year jail term for embezzlement to a senior official who separately won notoriety for appearing in a series of sex tapes with other officials' wives.

The Bioko provincial tribunal convicted Baltasar Ebang Engonga of diverting money claimed as professional travel expenses for personal use, the supreme court press director Hilario Mitogo told reporters in a WhatsApp message.

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