Jury pick starts in UN-bribery trial of Chinese billionaire

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He said he was hopeful he could find “fair and impartial” jurors willing to decide the case solely on evidence or lack of evidence.

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Ng is confined to a luxury Manhattan apartment with 24-hour armed guards while free on $50 million bail.

Prosecutors say he contributed a portion of over $1 million in bribes that reached a former U.N. General Assembly president.

A key witness in the trial is expected to be Francis Lorenzo, a suspended diplomat from the Dominican Republic who pleaded guilty to charges and agreed to testify against Ng.

Ng’s lawyers have cast him as the victim of a politically driven prosecution aimed at preventing construction of the conference centre in Macau and slowing the progress of Chinese influence over developing nations.

The Associated Press