(5 Dec 2018) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: SKETCHES BY ELIZABETH WILLIAMS /MANDATORY ON-SCREEN CREDIT – AP CLIENTS ONLY
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New York – 5 December 2018
1. Law clerk Celia Belmonte (standing, right) asks the jury for their verdict as Chi Ping Patrick Ho seated far left in purple tunic looks at jury.
(Left to right foreground: Defense attorney Edward Kim, Chi Ping Patrick Ho. Left to right background: Judge Loretta Preska seated on the bench, Law clerk Celia Belomonte)
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New York – 5 December 2018
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Jim Mustian, AP Law Enforcement Reporter:
"A Federal jury has convicted prominent Hong Kong businessman Dr Chee Ping Patrick Ho of seven of eight counts. He was convicted of violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act on several counts. He was convicted of conspiracy and he was also convicted of money laundering."
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New York – 5 December 2018
3. Chi Ping Patrick Ho stands with his defense lawyers as jury files into courtroom to deliver their verdict.
(Left to right Jonathan Bolz, Chi Ping Patrick Ho, Edward Kim)
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New York – 5 December 2018
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Jim Mustian, AP Law Enforcement Reporter:
"The jury didn’t spend much time deliberating. It was only a few hours. They barely had time to eat I’m told by the foreperson of the jury. They did acquit Dr. Ho on one count of money laundering. The jury foreperson Margaret Withers tells me that that was because of some jurisdictional questions that they had about the evidence that was presented to them. They essentially concluded that a bribe that had been paid to the Chadian president had not been transferred through the United States."
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New York – 5 December 2018
5. Chi Ping Patrick Ho in court as verdict is read
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New York – 5 December 2018
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Jim Mustian, AP Law Enforcement Reporter:
"That was one of the questions the jury grappled with during its brief deliberations was why a prominent Hong Kong businessman and former Secretary of Home Affairs in that country was standing trial here. And The Justice Department says the reason is that a lot of the actions in this case a lot of the meetings, the relevant wire transfers all occurred in Manhattan. Dr. Ho was a U.S. resident expected to pay taxes. Obviously did not declare these bribes that he paid on his taxes and was just a resident of Manhattan and made frequent trips to the United Nations."
7. Various, exteriors of the Federal Courthouse in Manhattan
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Jim Mustian, AP Law Enforcement Reporter:
"So in all, Dr. Ho was accused of eight counts. There were five counts of violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act including one count of conspiring to violate that. And three counts of money laundering including one count of conspiring to money launder. The jury convicted him of seven of eight counts acquitted him of one count of money laundering."
9. Various, exteriors of the Federal Courthouse
STORYLINE:
A federal jury in Manhattan has convicted a Hong Kong businessman of bribing the presidents of Chad and Uganda to secure oil rights for a Chinese energy conglomerate.
Dr. Chi Ping Patrick Ho was found guilty of seven of eight counts of conspiracy, money laundering and violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
Ho did not testify during the seven-day trial.
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