NEW YORK — The trial of a Chinese billionaire charged in a United Nations bribery case will not begin Tuesday after all, prosecutors said Sunday. The conference center was supposed to serve southern hemisphere nations. But he complained that the last-minute request to delay the trial was "undermining Mr. Ng's important right to a speedy trial." In response, the government said the defense was distorting the history of the case's progression to trial. It said defense lawyers had repeatedly consented to delays in the trial, including so that plea negotiations could occur and for a subsequent one-month delay of the trial start.

Source: The China Post May 29, 2017 01:18 UTC