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Su sticks to his guns, won't reveal identity of justices

The Judicial Yuan yesterday gave a deadline of tomorrow to independent Legislator Su Ying-kuei (蘇盈貴), to identify the two grand justices who he claims called him to try to persuade him to veto the March 19 Shooting Truth Investigation Special Committee Statute (三一九槍擊事件真相調查特別委員會條例).

"He should take responsibility for what he said," said Fan Kuang-chun (范光群), secretary-general of the Judicial Yuan. "We hope that he can tell us by Thursday who called him to persuade him not to support the statute."

Fan made his remarks yesterday in response to Su's statements at a press conference earlier in the day. Fan had visited Su at the Legislative Yuan in the morning to try to get Su to tell him the identity of the two grand justices.

But Su insists that he will not reveal his source.

"Judicial Yuan Vice President Cheng Chung-mo (城仲模) has become a victim of the case," Su said. "I cannot create another victim here."

Cheng -- who is one of the 15-member Council of Grand Justices -- confirmed in response to reporters' questions that he had called Su. But Cheng denied trying to persuade Su of anything, saying that it was merely a normal conversation between a teacher and a student. Cheng was Su's law professor in college.

According to Su, one of the grand justices reached his voice mail because he was not available and the grand justice left a message for him. He said that he has saved the voice mail as evidence but will not make it public.

The controversy began when Su said during a legislative session on Sept. 14, "Two grand justices called me few days ago and tried to persuade me not to support the statute."

Su insists that he did not lie in that statement.

"If I am lying, I will resign my position as a lawmaker immediately," he said.

But that was not good enough for Fan, who says that the operations of the Council of Grand Justices could be hurt if the truth about the incident does not come out.

"Su's statement has jeopardized grand justices' credibility, so we are demanding a clear explanation," Fan said. "But I'm sorry to say that he still would still not tell me [the identity of the two justices] when we met earlier today."
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