The DPP said the Taipei District Court’s extension of Chen Shui-bian’s detention violated his judicial rights. To protect his rights, the party had reached a consensus to come up with a plan to help him.
Cheng said the former president was treated unfairly during the judicial process, saying the judiciary violated a gag order during the investigation by leaking investigation data to the media, and that the Taipei District Court changed judges during the trial.
There were no judicial reasons to detain the former president during the trial, he said.
In response, Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) lawmakers yesterday slammed DPP Chairperson Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) over the plan.
The KMT’s incoming caucus 貞ecretary-茆eneral, Lu Hsueh-chang (呂學樟), accused Tsai of bowing to corruption.
“Saving Chen means saving corrupt [people]. Is she going to ally herself with corrupt people?” Lu said.
“Chen [Shui-bian’s] case is not about human rights, but about corruption. We should all respect judicial procedure,” Lu said.
KMT Legislator Alex Fai (費鴻泰) said Tsai was compromising her principles to secure DPP votes in the year-end city and county chief elections.
“It is not worthwhile for a young and beautiful lady [like Tsai] to ‘cover herself in dung’ because of this,” Fai said.
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