- The South China Morning Post reports that former Hong Kong minister Patrick Ho has been found guilty of millions of dollars in bribes.
- A populist politician, a Harvard grad, a musician, a leading eye surgeon and husband to one of Taiwan's most glamorous actors, Patrick Ho led a rich, extraordinary life that in many ways reflected the turbulence and opportunity of post-colonial Hong Kong.
The South China Morning Post reports that the flamboyant former Hong Kong minister Patrick Ho Chi-ping has been found guilty, by a federal jury in New York, of offering millions of dollars in bribes to African officials.
Ho, a central figure for more than 25 years in Hong Kong politics, arts, and high society, was charged on "one count of conspiring to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), four counts of violating the FCPA, one count of conspiring to commit international money laundering and one count of committing international money laundering," according to the US Department of Justice — seven of the eight counts of bribery and money laundering brought against him.
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