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Ex-Diplomat Tells Jurors He Got $1 Million Bribe From Developer

  • Chinese billionaire on trial in New York over UN corruption
  • Ng Lap Seng sought to build UN conference center in Macau
Ng Lap Seng leaves federal court in New York, on Oct. 26, 2015.

Ng Lap Seng leaves federal court in New York, on Oct. 26, 2015.

Photographer: Kathy Willens/AP Photo
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A former United Nations diplomat testified that he got more than $1 million from a Chinese developer who was seeking backing for a UN conference center that he hoped to build in Macao.

The developer, billionaire Ng Lap Seng, is on trial charged with conspiracy and bribery in the biggest UN corruption scandal since the oil-for-food program in the early 2000s. He’s accused of funneling hundreds of thousands of dollars to former UN General Assembly President John Ashe and other officials.