Lima,
\nA Peruvian judge on Sunday barred recently resigned President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski from leaving the South American nation for 18 months while he is investigated for possible money laundering.<\/p>\n
The ruling came a day after congress accepted Kuczynski\u2019s resignation and swore in Vice-President Martin Vizcarra as his successor.<\/p>\n
Kuczynski, 79, is being probed for some USD 782,000 in payments his consulting firm received a decade ago from Odebrecht, the Brazilian construction giant at the heart of Latin America\u2019s mammoth bribery scandal.<\/p>\n
Some of the payments took place when Kuczynski was a government minister, raising questions about whether they were made in return for political favors.<\/p>\n
The former Wall Street investor has denied any wrongdoing. He said that the consulting firm, Westfield Capital, was then being managed by his business partner and that he paid taxes on all earnings from that era.<\/p>\n
Odebrecht has admitted to paying USD 800 million in bribes to officials across Latin America including USD 29 million in Peru.<\/p>\n
At the same time the hearing was taking place, prosecutors carried out a search of Kuczynski\u2019s home in Lima and another property outside the capital.<\/p>\n
\u201cPeru since the 19th century has watched the sad show as presidents and ex-presidents flee the country and justice,\u201d said Hamilton Castro, the anti-corruption prosecutor who had requested Kuczynski be barred from leaving Peru.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is the historical behavior that we seekers of justice have to take into account.\u201d Kuczynski\u2019s lawyer promised his client\u2019s full cooperation and said he would abide by the prosecutor\u2019s request not to leave the country. Kuczynski was not present at yesterday\u2019s hearing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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