United Nations

UN Diplomat Ashe is dead

The in a corruption scandal involved former head of the UN General Assembly, John Ashe, is dead. He died at the age of 61 in New York, said his lawyer.

As it says in Agency reports, succumbed to Ashe a heart attack. Between 2013 and 2014, Ashe held the annual Post of the Chairman of the UN General Assembly, he was also an Ambassador for the Caribbean state of Antigua and Barbuda.

More than a Million dollars in bribes

Last fall, the New York Prosecutor’s office had announced that Ashe have believed that more than a Million dollars in bribes from Chinese business people. In addition, the former UN should have moved Diplomat. Him a prison sentence threatened in the course of the investigation.

“For Rolex watches, tailored suits, and a private basketball court, John Ashe, has sold himself and his Institution,” had attorney Preet Bharara after the arrest of the diplomat declared in October. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon expressed in the light of the allegations “shocked”.

In addition to Ashe, more individuals were caught in the crosshairs of the judiciary. In the corruption affair was determined against seven Suspects.

haz/nin ( rtr, dpa,ap)