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The United States issued a travel ban against two members of the Marshall Islands parliament for corruption it says involved bribe-taking, the first-time elected leaders in this US-aligned western Pacific nation have been publicly sanctioned by the US government.
The US issued a travel ban against two members of the Marshall Islands parliament for corruption, the first-time elected leaders in this US-aligned western Pacific nation have been publicly sanctioned by Washington.
The State Department said the pair accepted bribes to support a proposed semi-autonomous region in their country.
Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project
Cary Yan, 51, and Gina Zhou, 35, bribed UN officials in a ploy to transform a Pacific island into a futuristic tax haven - and allegedly advance Chinese influence close to a US military facility.