Post by cjm on Oct 9, 2015 7:22:28 GMT
www.biznews.com/leadership/2015/10/07/un-stunned-former-general-assembly-president-arrested-bribed-by-chinese/
A former president of the UN General Assembly, John Ashe, was arrested on Tuesday and charged with taking $1.3 million in bribes from Chinese businessmen in a corruption scandal that stunned the world body.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he was “shocked and deeply troubled” by the charges, which were unprecedented in the UN’s 70-year history.
A former president of the UN General Assembly, John Ashe, was arrested on Tuesday and charged with taking $1.3 million in bribes from Chinese businessmen in a corruption scandal that stunned the world body.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he was “shocked and deeply troubled” by the charges, which were unprecedented in the UN’s 70-year history.
Note the geographical link-up with Fifa and the Caribbean and the fact that these facts are once again unearthed by the US. In SA the DA has latched onto the Chancellor House/Hitachi/Medupi scandal for political gains but it does not say much for our investigative powers if we ourselves are blissfully ignorant of the stench under our noses.