US Convicts Macau Billionaire Ng Lap Seng In UN Bribery Scandal
A Chinese billionaire was convicted Thursday of paying bribes to United Nations officials, including former General Assembly President John Ashe.
A Chinese billionaire was convicted Thursday of paying bribes to United Nations officials, including former General Assembly President John Ashe.
Macau billionaire Ng Lap Seng will head to Manhattan federal court on Monday to face charges that he orchestrated an elaborate scheme to bribe Caribbean diplomats to the United Nations, in a trial expected to put a spotlight on China’s ambitions at the international organization.
According to website Law 360, a New York federal judge has prevented prosecutors from presenting evidence of payments allegedly made by Macau billionaire Ng Lap Seng to a former U.S. lawmaker.
NEW YORK -” Prosecutors cannot use post-arrest statements a Chinese billionaire made to the FBI at his Manhattan trial on charges stemming from a United Nations bribery scandal, a judge ruled Wednesday.