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Ecuador ex-president, Chinese envoy seek leniency in bribery case

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Ecuador's former president Lenín Moreno and a former Chinese ambassador, Cai Runguo, are seeking to avoid prison sentences related to a $76 million bribery scheme. The conviction stems from alleged bribes received to secure contracts for the Coca Codo Sinclair Dam, Ecuador's largest hydroelectric project, built by Chinese state contractor Sinohydro. Moreno, who is paraplegic, has requested his five-year sentence be suspended and served at home, with a decision expected on September 7. AI

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Ecuador ex-president, Chinese envoy seek leniency in bribery case

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Igor Patrick ·

    Ecuador’s ex-president and Chinese ambassador seek to avoid jail over belt and road dam

    Former Ecuadorian president Lenin Moreno and a former Chinese ambassador to Quito asked the country’s highest court on Thursday to spare them the five-year sentences handed down last week over a US$76 million bribery scheme. Moreno was convicted of bribery by a three-judge panel …

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