Karim Wade, the
convicted son of former Senegalese president Abdoulaye Wade, has been
released from prison in Senegal after being granted a presidential
pardon.
Wade was immediately flown to Qatar after President Macky Sall's decree early Friday, local media reported.
He was initially
sentenced in 2012 to six years in prison and a fine of $240m for
illegally accumulating at least $200m while serving as a minister during
his father's 12-year rule.
The court ruling said that Wade had hidden away funds in offshore companies in the British Virgin Islands and Panama.
Despite only
serving three years of his full sentence, the pardon cancels the Supreme
Court's decision to jail him. A press release from the presidency said
the payment of the fine was not covered by the pardon.
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