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FILE - In this Oct. 26, 2015, file photo, Chinese billionaire Ng Lap Seng, center, leaves federal court with his attorney Benjamin Brafman, right, after he was released on bail in connection with a United Nations bribery scheme in New York. Prosecutor Douglas Zolkind said Thursday, June 29, 2017, during opening statements in Ng's trial that Ng corrupted two U.N. ambassadors so he could build a legacy by constructing a U.N. conference center in China. Defense attorney Tai Park countered in Manhattan federal court that Ng was a philanthropist who was betrayed by one of the ambassadors who demanded contributions from him. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)

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