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Ex-UN diplomat pleads not guilty in 1.3 billion dollar bribery case

By REUTERS

OCTOBER 23, 2015 00:31

Updated: OCTOBER 23, 2015 00:30

NEW YORK- A former UN General Assembly president, a billionaire Macau real estate developer and three others accused by US authorities of engaging in a wide-ranging bribery scheme pleaded not guilty on Thursday.

John Ashe, a former UN ambassador from Antigua and Barbuda and onetime General Assembly president accused of taking more than $1.3 million in bribes from Chinese businessmen, pleaded not guilty in Manhattan federal court to tax fraud charges.

Ng Lap Seng, a developer from the Chinese territory Macau who has a $1.8 billion net worth and who prosecutors say paid $500,000 in bribes to Ashe, pleaded not guilty to charges including bribery and money laundering.

Other defendants who pleaded not guilty include Francis Lorenzo, a now-suspended deputy UN ambassador from the Dominican Republic; Jeff Yin, Ng's assistant; and Sheri Yan, who had been chief executive of Global Sustainability Foundation.

Their arraignment came after a federal grand jury indicted the defendants on Tuesday, adding new charges in a case first announced Oct. 6.

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