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一 |     MIAMI -- A suspended Miami city commissioner who is accused of accepting $245,000 in exchange for voting to approve construction of a sports facility has pleaded not guilty to multiple felony charges, including bribery and money laundering.Alex Diaz de la Portilla did not appear in court Friday, but his attorney, Ben Kuehne, entered the plea for him.Diaz de la Portilla and a co-defendant, Miami attorney William Riley Jr., were arrested Sept. 14.Gov. Ron DeSantis suspended Diaz de la Portilla, who is a fellow Republican, after the commissioner's arrest. Kuehne said Friday that his client was campaigning for the Nov. 7 election to keep his seat on the commission.“We look forward to a vindication of these charges because Alex is not guilty," Kuehne said at the Miami-Dade criminal courthouse, according to the Miami Herald.Kuehne requested that Diaz de la Portilla be tried separately from Riley, WPLG-TV reported.On Friday, Riley's attorney also entered a not guilty plea for his client, who did not appear in court. Riley is accused of being the front for the business that allegedly gave money to the Diaz de la Portilla campaign in exchange for the right to build a sports facility on land that is now a downtown city park.Both men bonded out of jail soon after being arrested, and their next status hearing is Nov. 14. A trial date has not been set.Diaz de la Portilla is a former state legislator and was elected to the city commission in 2019. Investigators said Diaz de la Portilla and Riley accepted more than $15,000 for the Miami-Dade County Court judicial campaign of Diaz de la Portilla’s brother but did not report the money, as required by state law. Riley also controlled a bank account in the name of a Delaware-based corporation to launder about $245,000 in concealed political contributions made by a management services company in exchange for permission to build a sports complex, officials said.Investigators also said Diaz de la Portilla operated and controlled two political committees used both for his brother’s campaign and for personal spending. Records showed one of the committees reported donations of about $2.3 million and the other reported more than $800,000.Diaz de La Portilla and Riley are each charged with one count of money laundering, three counts of unlawful compensation or reward for official behavior, one count of bribery and one count of criminal conspiracy. Diaz de la Portilla is also charged with four counts of official misconduct, one count of campaign contribution in excess of legal limits and two counts of failure to report a gift. Riley is also charged with failure to disclose lobbyist expenses.。

二 |     　　香港8月13日电（奚天麒）香港特区政府新闻处13日发布消息，特区政府当日在皇岗口岸港方口岸区举行大型演练，以测试口岸联检大楼和公共运输交汇处的人流及车流整体管理，为日后口岸正式开通作好准备。　　皇岗口岸港方口岸区7月31日零时正式成立，由香港特区依照本地法律实施管辖。　　此次演练动员约1000名来自超过20个特区政府部门的公务员参与。他们按指示乘搭不同公共交通工具，包括专营巴士、短途跨境巴士、专线小巴及的士，抵达位于联检大楼二楼的公共运输交汇处。

三 | 随后前往五楼离境大堂，并转往四楼入境大堂，然后返回二楼的公共运输交汇处。其后，他们按指示乘搭公共交通工具离开口岸。　　香港特区政府保安局局长邓炳强和香港特区政府运输及物流局局长陈美宝到场视察。　　邓炳强表示，在各方的紧密配合下，整个演练流程十分畅顺且安排细致，识别出需改进的范畴，并将在后续演练中逐步加以优化。此次大型演练达到预期的效果与测试目标，期望未来通过跨部门协作，进行更大规模的演练并持续优化细节安排，为皇岗口岸通关作出最周全的准备。　　陈美宝表示，首场演练主要测试港方口岸区的本地和跨境公共交通配套和服务，上落客、候车人流及车流管理运作畅顺，乘客体验良好。运输及物流局会继续仔细检视和完善安排，为皇岗口岸的高效率运输网络作最好准备。　　特区政府发言人表示，口岸早日开通是港深两地政府的共同目标。特区政府会继续与深方紧密合作，全速推进各项筹备工作。待双方确认口岸具备安全、畅顺运作的条件后，粤港两地政府会敲定正式开通日期，并适时向公众公布。

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