Taipei prosecutors yesterday said that they may have to arrest People First Party (PFP) Chairman James Soong's (宋楚瑜) sister-in-law, Chen Pi-yun (陳碧雲), and his former assistant Yang Yun-tai (楊雲黛) if they keep ignoring summonses in investigations into the Chung Hsing Bills Finance scandal.
"Chen's and Yang's statements are very important to us," said Chen Hung-ta (
Prosecutors regard Chen Pi-yun and Yang as key witnesses in the scandal because they worked closely with Soong and were in charge of handling his financial affairs.
According to Chen Hung-ta, Chen Pi-yun visited prosecutors when she was summoned in February 2000. However, since prosecutors resumed their investigation of the case in March, both Chen Pi-yun and Yang have ignored four summonses.
Chen Hung-ta said that according to the Code of Criminal Procedure (
As of press time yesterday, prosecutors had not decided when to summon Chen Pi-yun and Yang again, but Chen Hung-ta said a decision would be made "soon."
Prosecutors said they didn't even know if Chen Pi-yun was in the country, as she said she could not attend a previous hearing in September because she was in the US.
The Taoyuan Flight Attendants’ Union yesterday vowed to protest at the EVA Air Marathon on Sunday next week should EVA Airway Corp’s management continue to ignore the union’s petition to change rules on employees’ leave of absence system, after a flight attendant reportedly died after working on a long-haul flight while ill. The case has generated public discussion over whether taking personal or sick leave should affect a worker’s performance review. Several union members yesterday protested at the Legislative Yuan, holding white flowers and placards, while shouting: “Life is priceless; requesting leave is not a crime.” “The union is scheduled to meet with
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EVA Airways president Sun Chia-ming (孫嘉明) and other senior executives yesterday bowed in apology over the death of a flight attendant, saying the company has begun improving its health-reporting, review and work coordination mechanisms. “We promise to handle this matter with the utmost responsibility to ensure safer and healthier working conditions for all EVA Air employees,” Sun said. The flight attendant, a woman surnamed Sun (孫), died on Friday last week of undisclosed causes shortly after returning from a work assignment in Milan, Italy, the airline said. Chinese-language media reported that the woman fell ill working on a Taipei-to-Milan flight on Sept. 22
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