The Judicial Yuan yesterday gave a deadline of tomorrow to independent Legislator Su Ying-kuei (
"He should take responsibility for what he said," said Fan Kuang-chun (
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 (
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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