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Member of hated Tunisian ruling family convicted

Fri Mar 4, 2011 2:03 PM EST
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<p>New Tunisian Prime Minister Beji Caid-Essebsi addresses reporters during a press confrence held at the presidential palace in Carthage, outside Tunis, Friday, March 4, 2011. Tunisia's new premier says he will present a new Cabinet in coming days to help get beyond the recent bout of violence in the North African country that led his predecessor to quit.(AP Photo/Hassene Dridi)</p>

New Tunisian Prime Minister Beji Caid-Essebsi addresses reporters during a press confrence held at the presidential palace in Carthage, outside Tunis, Friday, March 4, 2011. Tunisia's new premier says he will present a new Cabinet in coming days to help get beyond the recent bout of violence in the North African country that led his predecessor to quit.(AP Photo/Hassene Dridi)

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TUNIS — A Tunisian court has convicted a brother-in-law of the nation's deposed president of deceiving customs authorities and fined him $32 million.

It is the first conviction to hit the entourage of ousted President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, who fled in a popular revolt in January that prompted uprisings across the Arab world.

The state news agency TAP says Mohamed Naceur Trabelsi, who has remained in Tunisia, was convicted Friday in Tunis of two customs infractions linked to his clothing business, and sentenced to two months in prison and a 45-million-dinar fine.

He is a brother of former first lady Leila Trabelsi, whose family was deeply resented by many Tunisians and accused of widespread corruption.

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