They note that his arrest came within three days of a scheduled state visit by the Chinese president to the United States. They said the charges had derailed any plans for a permanent conference center in Macau that would serve southern hemisphere nations. The U.S. geopolitical interest in slowing the progress of Chinese influence over developing nations has been achieved," the lawyers wrote. A Chinese billionaire arrested in a United Nations bribery scandal asserted in court papers Thursday that charges against him were politically motivated, a way for the United States to block his construction of a major U.N. conference center in China and slow the progress of Chinese influence over developing nations. As part of their court submission, the lawyers submitted a transcript of an interview the FBI conducted with Ng after his arrest.

Source: Fox News August 11, 2016 23:15 UTC