Political donation allegations denied

TARNISHED LINKS The foreign ministry said it did not make campaign donations to Nicaragua's president and said Costa Rica's cash was for development work

By Melody Chen / STAFF REPORTER , WITH AGENCIES

People First Party Legislator Sun Ta-chien (孫大千), who attended the meeting, said the ministry should form a special task force to discuss how to mitigate the impact of the scandals. He said he could not see any improper items in the ministry's confidential budgets.

"We were only shown [spending on] cooperative projects with our allies," Sun said.

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