In
1st UN Bribery Case, 2 UN
Documents To Be UNsealed in
Weeks, Ban's Nephew Case Next
By Matthew
Russell Lee
UNITED NATIONS,
January 28 – The UN bribery
case against Macau-based
businessman Ng Lap Seng is
moving toward trial, even as
UN Under Secretaries General
like Cristina Gallach who are
implicated in it continue in
place, still censoring the
Press which covers the case.
On January
27 in the US District Court
for the Southern District of
New York an order issued
sealing but setting a date to
unseal "UN Documents" 1 and
2. Here
is the UN's own Office of
Internal Oversight Services
audit of aspects of Ng Lap
Seng's purchase of the UN, see
esp Paragraphs
37-40 and 20b regarding
Gallach.
In other Ng Lap
Seng diplomatic fall-out
related investigations,
Dominica's Roosevelt Skerrit,
who attended Ng's scam Macau
"UN" event, is under fire for
other passports now more
timely than ever, here.
There is
of course a second UN-related
bribery case getting started,
against Ban Ki-moon's brother
Ban Ki Sang and nephew Dennis
Bahn, who used the UN General
Assembly and UNSG Ban
Ki-moon's name for real estate
fraud. And here,
from South Korea.
Here in the
first of the two UN bribery
cases, against Ng Lap Seng, is
from the January 27 SDNY
United States District Judge's
order:
"The Government
requested and I granted
protective orders delaying the
production by the Government
of two documents produced to
the Government by the United
Nations. The first protective
order related to a document
discussed during the status
conference held on December
8, 2016, (“UN Document #1”)
and the second related to a
document referenced in the
Government’s email to the
defense dated January 18,
2017, (“UN Document #2”).
During the
December 8 conference, I
stated that I would review UN
Document #1 again to “make a
determination whether six
weeks is enough time” for the
production of that document in
advance of trial. (Doc. 350 at
10:15-17.) I have taken
another look at UN Document #1
and have reviewed UN Document
#2 to determine how much time
in advance of trial the
Government should produce
these documents to the
defense."
We'll have
more on this.
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