Prominent lawyer Chung Yung-sheng (鍾永盛) yesterday said that his former client, former China Development Holding Corp chairman Liu Tai-ying (劉泰英), never attempted to ask Zanadau majority shareholder Su Hui-chen (蘇惠珍) to stop testifying in court by paying her NT$20 million.
"I have never ever paid anything to Su on behalf of my former client, Mr. Liu," Chung said during a court hearing yesterday.
"This is a malicious, false accusation against me and my former client," he said.
During a previous hearing of the Zanadau scandal on Sept. 24, Su told Taipei District Court Judge Lin Chuan-cheng (林銓正) that Liu last November tried to ask her to stop divulging details of the case in court by paying her NT$20 million. But she never got the money and Liu denied everything.
To clarify Su's allegations, Lin yesterday held another hearing into the scandal and summoned Su, Chung, Liu, Dahsin Construction Co President Wang Jan-da's (王人達) wife, Lin Lan (林蘭), and Zanadau President Chen Shen-fu (陳伸夫) as witnesses. Apart from clarifying Su's allegations, the scandal itself, however, was not discussed during yesterday's hearing.
In the meantime, other than Chung, the rest of the summoned witnesses all remained silent at court.
Chung used to be Liu's defense counsel in the Zanadau case. However, Liu decided to dismiss Chung and hire Chen Sung-tung (
"Honestly, I have no idea why judges summoned me to the hearing since I am not involved in any allegations pertaining to the scandal," Chung said to reporters outside court when he finished his testimony.
According to Su's allegations, Liu asked Lin Lan and Chen Shen-fu to contact Su about the NT$20 million deal. Under Lin Lan's arrangement, Su did meet with Chung, who acted on behalf of Liu, to discuss the offer. However, during yesterday's hearing, Su did not tell judges whether she agreed with the proposed deal, although she emphasized that she never got the money.
She did not comment on the date and location where the deal was supposed to be struck.
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