The former mayor of Huahine in French Polynesia has been given an 18-month prison sentence for abusing public funds.
The criminal court in Papeete also fined Felix Faatau $US2000 and deprived him of his civic rights for five years.
French Polynesia's court building Photo: RNZI
Media reports said Mr Faatau, who was an assembly member of the ruling Tapura Huiraatira until the last election, will lodge an appeal.
Among other things, he was alleged to have pocketed money which an accommodation manager paid to the local council.
He was also alleged to have given a council-owned bus and a driver to his daughter's business which ran school buses whose bills were then met by the council.
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