Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, the vice president of Equatorial Guinea, has had property seized in South Africa.
Mangue’s two residences and a superyacht, according to South African media agencies, have been seized in connection with a human rights concern.
After a business deal went sour in 2013, a man by the name of Daniel Janse van Rensburg sued Teodoro Obiang Nguema, the vice president and son of the leader of the oil-rich country, for 491 days of illegal incarceration and torture.
He has asked for a payout of roughly $2.2 million (£1.8 million).
“We attached two houses… in Cape Town in a formal application two weeks ago and the superyacht last Tuesday,” lawyer Errol Eldson, who is representing the businessman, told AFP news agency.
Obiang Mangue has had several of his properties taken, most notably in France and Switzerland.
He had a lengthy money laundering case in France that resulted in arrest warrants and a court proceeding that ordered forfeiture of things like opulent homes and pricey sports cars.
