Former UN General Assembly head arrested for bribery
A former president of the UN General Assembly, John Ashe, was arrested on Tuesday and charged with taking $1.3 million in bribes from Chinese businessmen in a corruption scandal that stunned the world body.
(AFP) A former president of the UN General Assembly, John Ashe, was arrested on Tuesday and charged with taking $1.3 million in bribes from Chinese businessmen in a corruption scandal that stunned the world body.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he was "shocked and deeply troubled" by the charges, which were unprecedented in the UN's 70-year history.
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