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Libreville, Gabon: The wife of Gabons deposed president Ali Bongo Ondimba, who has been under house arrest since a late August coup over alleged embezzlement of public funds, was on Thursday put in a Libreville prison.

In a recent development, Sylvia Bongo Ondimba Valentin, the wife of Gabon’s ousted President Ali Bongo Ondimba, who had

The 60-year-old was charged on September 28 with money laundering, forgery and falsification of records.

Sylvia Bongo Ondimba Valentin, suspected of allegedly embezzling public funds, was jailed late on Wednesday, her lawyer Francois Zimeray told AFP, condemning the "arbitrary... illegal procedure".

Sylvia Bongo, suspected of allegedly embezzling public funds, was jailed late on Wednesday

Bongo, who was himself under house arrest for several days after the coup, is free to move around and go abroad, Gabon’s new military ruler General Brice Oligui Nguema said a week after the coup.

Sylvia Bongo, suspected of allegedly embezzling public funds, was jailed late on Wednesday

In Libreville, Gabons capital residents react as Sylvia Bongo Ondimba Valentin wife of ousted president Ali Bongo Ondimba, is charged with money laundering among other offences, according to the public prosecutor.

Sylvia Bongo Valentin has been under house arrest in the capital since her husband was overthrown in an August 30 coup.

The wife of Gabon's ousted president Ali Bongo Ondimba and two former ministers have been charge with "money laundering" and other offences. The prosecutor in Libreville announced on Friday, according to the Agence France-Presse (AFP). Sylvia Bongo Valentin has been under house arrest in the capital since her husband was overthrown on August 30, moments after being proclaimed the winner in a presidential election.