Feds: Jury should hear UN bribe suspect being called 'boss'
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Federal prosecutors want jurors to hear evidence they say shows a man at the center of a United Nations bribery case was referred to as the "boss" by co-conspirators.
Lawyers for Chinese billionaire Ng (eng) Lap Seng have argued doing so could wrongly give the impression their client is a mobster.
But prosecutors called that argument "far-fetched and speculative" in court papers filed in New York federal court Friday.
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Ng has pleaded not guilty. His trial is scheduled to start in May.
He has been under 24-hour guard in a posh Manhattan apartment on $50 million bail since several weeks after his September 2015 arrest.
His lawyer didn't immediately return a request for comment.
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Ng's lawyers have sought to dismiss the charges. They say criminalizing political contributions raises constitutional concerns.