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

Ecuador’s ex-president and Chinese ambassador seek to avoid jail over belt and road dam
South China Morning Post Thursday 03 September 2026, 21:36 UTC By Igor Patrick 1 min read
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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 of the National Court of Justice over contracts for Ecuador’s largest hydroelectric project secured by a Chinese state contractor. The judges found unanimously that he had used his position as vice-president, held...

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 of the National Court of Justice over contracts for Ecuador’s largest hydroelectric project secured by a Chinese state contractor. The judges found unanimously that he had used his position as vice-president, held from...
Ecuador (LOCATION) Chinese (ORG) Ecuadorian (ORG) Lenin Moreno (PERSON) Quito (LOCATION) Moreno (PERSON) the National Court of Justice (ORG)
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