"Jeri is also under investigation for alleged "illegal sponsorship of interests" following two meetings with Chinese businessmen. The meetings were not publicly disclosed. Both meetings were with businessman Zhihua Yang, who owns shops and a state-granted concession for a hydroelectric project. A businessman present at the first meeting is accused of belonging to an illegal timber trafficking network. The scandal broke when a video of the meetings was released."
"In one of them, from December 2025, Jeri is seen arriving at a restaurant late at night with a hood pulled over his head to meet with Yang. In a meeting in January, he arrived wearing sunglasses. Jeri has denied wrongdoing and said he met the businessmen to organize a Peruvian-Chinese festivity. But Congress cited the allegations as one of the reasons to remove him, arguing that he had become unfit to execute his presidential duties."
Peru's Congress voted to remove interim President Jose Jeri four months into his term after revelations of secret meetings with Chinese businessmen and allegations of illegal sponsorship. Two undisclosed meetings involved businessman Zhihua Yang, linked to shops and a state-granted hydroelectric concession; a participant is accused of illegal timber trafficking. Video footage showed Jeri meeting Yang late at night in December and wearing sunglasses in a January meeting. Jeri denies wrongdoing, saying the encounters were to organize a Peruvian-Chinese festivity. Congress declared him unfit under the constitutional 'moral incapacity' clause. Legislators will elect a new interim president before the April 12 election.
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