Online quarrel reveals Swiss life of luxury of Cameroon’s ruling family

The daughter of the president of Cameroon has been convicted in Geneva. The case sheds new light on the presidential family’s unofficial second home in a Geneva hotel. When Brenda Biya, the daughter of the Cameroonian president, was taken to court, the trial was held in Geneva. She had insulted the Cameroonian-Nigerian singer Dencia on social media, calling her a “scammer”, a “dope dealer” and a “lil coke whore”. The background to all this was a dispute over the authorisation of beauty products. The singer sued the president’s daughter, who was found guilty of defamation, slander and insult. The journalist François Pilet, who also works for SWI swissinfo.ch, revealed the penal order on the online portal Gotham City. “The case is more than a dispute between two public figures. It proves that the daughter of the Cameroonian president lives part-time in Geneva,” Pilet says. Who foots the hotel bill? The public prosecutor’s office was able to prove that Brenda Biya was staying in ...