Co-accused to testify against former Hong Kong minister Patrick Ho in HK$22.8 million bribery trial
All charges dropped against Senegalese ex-official Cheikh Gadio, who has agreed to become a witness
A Senegalese ex-official has agreed to testify in former Hong Kong minister Patrick Ho Chi-ping’s bribery trial, with US prosecutors dropping all charges against the co-accused turned witness.
A request to dismiss the complaints against Cheikh Gadio was lodged to the Southern District Court in New York on September 14, almost 10 months after the former foreign minister was arrested in the United States. The one-page filing did not include any explanation for the move.
Gadio, a US resident, had agreed to testify in Ho’s case as a witness, two separate sources told the Post.
One source added that one of the conditions for dropping the charges was that Gadio provide information regarding the case involving Ho – as Gadio had been doing and would continue to in the future.
Sean Hecker, the former Senegalese minister’s lawyer, said he was “extremely grateful that the case against Dr Gadio has been brought to a just resolution”.