Macau real estate developer Ng Lap Seng, accused of bribing former United Nations General Assembly president John Ashe, exits U.S Federal Court in New York, New York U.S., June 27, 2016. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Macau real estate developer and his assistant will face a federal trial in January on U.S. charges that they engaged in a bribery scheme with a former United Nations General Assembly president who died last month, a judge said on Monday.
U.S. District Judge Vernon Broderick in Manhattan set a Jan. 23, 2017, trial date for Ng Lap Seng, a billionaire from the Chinese city of Macau who prosecutors contend with his assistant, Jeff Yin, bribed former General Assembly President John Ashe.
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