Closing arguments in NY trial of Hong Kong official

NEW YORK (AP) — An attorney for a Hong Kong businessman charged with bribing African officials for oil rights says the U.S. prosecutors brought a “deeply flawed” case.
Attorney Ed Kim urged a New York jury Tuesday to acquit Chi Ping Patrick Ho of conspiracy and money laundering.
He said in his closing argument that the government’s case relied on the “lies” of a Senegalese diplomat previously charged in the case.
A prosecutor contended the evidence was “