The United States has charged 61-year old Cheikh Gadio, a former Senegalese foreign minister and Chi Ping Patrick Ho, 68 years, of Hong Kong with bribing high-level officials in Chad and Uganda in exchange for contracts for a Chinese oil and gas company. Gadio was arrested in New York on Friday. It added that Ho, who heads a non-governmental organization based in Hong Kong and Virginia, was arrested on Saturday. The Justice Department did not name the Chinese company. Joon Kim, acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, was quoted as saying in the statement “Wiring almost a million dollars through New York’s banking system in furtherance of their corrupt schemes, the defendants allegedly sought to generate business through bribes paid to the president of Chad and the Ugandan foreign minister.” Joon Kim, acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, was quoted as saying in the statement. Chi Ping Patrick Ho is the Secretary General of China Energy Fund Committee (CEFC), which describes itself on its website as “a think-tank registered and anchored in Hong Kong, devoted to public diplomacy, with special emphasis on energy and culture.” 

(Comment: The CEFC is heavily involved in UF/political warfare against Taiwan. It is reported to be heavily involved in UF business (e.g., PLA 311 Base, CAIFC, etc The CEFC Shanghai tried to acquire CPC Corp Taiwan's oil operation in Chad.)