(AP Photo/Hassene Dridi, File)FILE - Tunisian media mogul Nabil Karoui speaks to journalists after casting his ballot at a polling station during the second round of the presidential election, in Tunis, Tunisia, Sunday, Oct. 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Hassene Dridi, File)FILE - Tunisian media mogul Nabil Karoui speaks to journalists after casting his ballot at a polling station during the second round of the presidential election, in Tunis, Tunisia, Sunday, Oct. 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Hassene Dridi, File)FILE - Tunisian media mogul Nabil Karoui speaks to journalists after casting his ballot at a polling station during the second round of the presidential election, in Tunis, Tunisia, Sunday, Oct. 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Hassene Dridi, File)TUNIS, Tunisia -- A Tunisian corruption court that has targeted many government critics tripled the prison term facing a businessman who challenged President Kais Saied in the 2019 presidential election. Karoui was originally sentenced to one year in prison but the term was tripled after Tunisia’s public prosecutor filed an appeal.

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