Former Ecuadorian president imprisoned for corruption
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Lenín Moreno will serve his sentence at home and has indicated he will appeal against the ruling A former president of Ecuador has been sentenced to five years in prison after being found guilty of taking bribes.
莱宁·莫雷诺将在家服刑，并表示将对裁决提出上诉 厄瓜多尔前总统因受贿罪被判处五年徒刑。
Lenín Moreno insisted he had not taken money from a Chinese firm which secured a contract to build a hydroelectric plant in the Latin American nation.
莱宁·莫雷诺坚称，他没有从一家中国公司那里拿钱，该公司获得了在这个拉丁美洲国家建造水力发电厂的合同。
The 73-year-old will serve his sentence under house arrest due to his age and disability, and has already indicated his intention to appeal against the verdict after a court in the capital, Quito, found him and 19 others guilty of corruption.
这名 73 岁的老人因年龄和残疾而将被软禁，在首都基多一家法院判定他和其他 19 人犯有腐败罪后，他已经表示打算对判决提出上诉。
Moreno, who was president between 2017 and 2021, is the third former Ecuadorian leader to be sentenced for corruption.
莫雷诺于 2017 年至 2021 年间担任总统，是第三位因腐败而被判刑的厄瓜多尔前领导人。
Prosecutors alleged that that Sinohydro, which is owned by the Chinese state, paid a total of $76.1m (£56.2m) through shell companies to people involved in the deal to secure the construction of the Coca Codo Sinclair hydroelectric dam.
检察官称，中国国有的中国水利水电建设集团有限公司通过空壳公司向参与交易的人员支付了总计 7610 万美元（5620 万英镑），以确保科卡科多辛克莱水电站的建设。
Among those handed prison sentences were Moreno's wife, daughter and brother, as well as former plant managers, Sinohydro representatives and a Chinese ambassador to Ecuador.
被判入狱的人包括莫雷诺的妻子、女儿和兄弟，以及前工厂经理、中国水利水电建设集团公司的代表和一名中国驻厄瓜多尔大使。
While Moreno himself was alleged to have received very little from the scheme, prosecutors said family members received tens of thousands of dollars.
虽然莫雷诺本人据称从该计划中收到的钱很少，但检察官表示，莫雷诺的家人收到了数万美元。
Those convicted of bribery will have to repay three times what they were given, while Moreno was barred from public office.
那些被判犯有贿赂罪的人将必须偿还其所受贿额的三倍，而莫雷诺则被禁止担任公职。
He denied involvement in the alleged bribery scheme and instead blamed another former president, Rafael Correa, under whom he served as vice-president and who was sentenced to eight years in prison in a separate bribery case in 2020.
他否认参与了所谓的贿赂计划，而是指责另一位前总统拉斐尔·科雷亚(Rafael Correa)，他曾在科雷亚手下担任副总统，后者在 2020 年的另一起贿赂案中被判处八年监禁。
Moreno argued that Correa had signed off on the Coca Codo Sinclair project, and that he had launched an investigation into issues with the construction when he had assumed the presidency.
莫雷诺辩称，科雷亚已经签署了科卡科多辛克莱项目，并且他在就任总统时已对施工问题展开了调查。
The Ecuadorian government launched legal proceedings against Sinohydro in 2021 due to cracks appearing in the dam and other technical failures.
由于大坝出现裂缝和其他技术故障，厄瓜多尔政府于2021年对中国水利水电建设集团公司提起法律诉讼。
It reached a $400m settlement with the firm's owner earlier this year. The BBC has approached Sinohydro and the Chinese embassy in Ecuador for comment.
今年早些时候，该公司与该公司所有者达成了 4 亿美元的和解协议。 BBC已联系中国水利水电建设集团公司和中国驻厄瓜多尔大使馆请其置评。
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