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一 | AUCKLAND, New Zealand -- Conservative former businessman Christopher Luxon will be New Zealand’s next prime minister after winning a decisive election victory Saturday.People voted for change after six years of a liberal government led for most of that time by Jacinda Ardern.The exact makeup of Luxon’s government is still to be determined as ballots continued to be counted.Luxon arrived to rapturous applause at an event in Auckland. He was joined on stage by his wife, Amanda, and their children, William and Olivia. He said he was humbled by the victory and couldn't wait to get stuck in to his new job. He thanked people from across the country.“You have reached for hope and you have voted for change,” he said.Supporters chanted his campaign slogan which promised to get the country “back on track.” Outgoing Prime Minister Chris Hipkins, who spent just nine months in the top job after taking over from Ardern in January, told supporters late Saturday he had called Luxon to concede.Hipkins said it wasn’t the result he wanted.“But I want you to be proud of what we achieved over the last six years,” he told supporters at an event in Wellington.Ardern unexpectedly stepped down as prime minister in January, saying she no longer had “enough in the tank” to do the job justice. She won the last election in a landslide, but her popularity waned as people got tired of COVID-19 restrictions and inflation threatened the economy.Her departure left Hipkins, 45, to take over as leader. He had previously served as education minister and led the response to the coronavirus pandemic. With most of the vote counted, Luxon’s National Party had about 40% of the vote. Under New Zealand’s proportional voting system, Luxon, 53, is expected to form an alliance with the libertarian ACT Party. Meanwhile, the Labour Party that Hipkins leads was getting only a little over 25% of the vote — about half the proportion it got in the last election under Ardern.And in a result that would be particularly stinging for Labour should it lose the seat, National was in a tight race for Ardern’s old electorate seat, Mount Albert. The seat has long been a Labour stronghold and was also held by another former Labour prime minister, Helen Clark. The National Party candidate for the seat, Melissa Lee, told The Associated Press she was feeling excited but also nervous about the final result in Mount Albert.“It’s been Labour since 1946. It has been the biggest, safest Labour seat forever,” she said. “It would be fantastic if we won it.” Lee said that when she was door-knocking, people had told her they were tired of the current government and were concerned with the state of the economy and the spiraling cost of living. David Farrar, a longtime conservative pollster, said there was still a good chance that Labour would end up holding the seat once all the votes were counted. However, he said, his initial impression of voting throughout the country was that it was turning out to be a “bloodbath” for the left. Luxon has promised tax cuts for middle-income earners and a crackdown on crime. Hipkins had promised free dental care for people younger than 30 and the removal of sales taxes on fruit and vegetables.Also at stake in the election is the government’s relationship with Indigenous Māori. Luxon has promised to axe the Māori Health Authority, which he says creates two separate health systems. Hipkins says he’s proud of such co-governance efforts and has accused Luxon of condoning racism.Within days of taking the reins in January, Hipkins found himself dealing with a crisis after deadly floods and then a cyclone hit New Zealand. He quickly jettisoned some of Ardern’s more contentious policies and promised a “back to basics” approach focused on tackling the spiraling cost of living. Warm spring weather in the largest city, Auckland, seemed to encourage voters, with queues forming outside some polling places. Early voting before Election Day was lower than in recent elections.During a six-week election campaign, both Hipkins and Luxon traveled the country and hammed it up for the cameras. Earlier in the week, Luxon, who served as chief executive of both Unilever Canada and Air New Zealand, told an energized crowd in Wellington that he would crack down on gangs.“I’ve gotta tell you, crime is out of control in this country,” Luxon said. “And we are going to restore law and order, and we are going to restore personal responsibility.”Luxon also got cheers when he promised to fix the capital’s gridlocked traffic with a new tunnel project.Luxon is relatively new to politics but held his own against the more experienced Hipkins during televised debates, according to political observers. But Luxon also made some gaffes, such as when he was asked in a 1News debate how much he spent each week on food.His answer of “about sixty bucks” (U.S. $36) was ridiculed on social media as showing he was out of touch with the cost of living. ___Follow AP’s Asia-Pacific coverage at https://apnews.com/hub/asia-pacific。近日，一名韩国人涉嫌以非法所得，将购买的金条偷偷运出新加坡，遭到警方逮捕后被控上法庭，罪名包括欺诈与洗钱等。案情显示，K先生的涉案金额超过15亿新币，比新加坡史上最大洗钱案的10名被告加起来的总和还要高！从2014到2017年间，K先生收到来自韩国的日本超过15亿新元的黑钱。这些黑钱自然不可能用正常的途径汇到新加坡，而是通过海运，谎称进口的是各种货物和工具，神不知鬼不觉地把这些钱“混”进来。把钱弄进来后，K先生把这些黑钱都拿来买金条。2014年末，K先生用这样方式收到了来自韩国，超过3100万新元的赃款，然后用这些钱买了628根金条。购买金条只是第一步，K先生接下来还要把这些金条从新加坡运出去。为了瞒天过海，K先生在安排船运时，欺骗了物流公司，称要把一批气动工具运出新加坡，实际上，里头暗地里藏了约600根金条。

二 | 在向海关申请批文时，K先生也隐瞒了物品中有金条，从而顺利拿到了出口文件。

三 | K先生的第一次“金条偷渡计划”就是这样成功得手，他在2014年到2017年间，通过相同的方式，买了近28000根金条，然后把金条以非法的方式运到韩国和日本。K先生买的都是1公斤重的金条，当时（2014年到2017年）每根金条的的价格，介于4.9万到5.8万新元之间，涉及的总金额超过15亿新元。新加坡30亿洗钱案的10位被告，涉案的资产总和大约是10亿新元，只有K先生的三分之二。躲过初一，躲不过十五所谓上得山多终遇虎，去年12月，K先生向新加坡海关报称要运一批淋浴用品到日本，但被发现里头藏了15根金条。海关马上将此事通报了警方，警方随即将K先生逮捕，在经过了详细调查后，于8月23日将K先生控上法庭。K先生一共面对21条控罪，包括13条欺诈罪，4条洗钱罪以及4条携带超过2万新元未申报罪。