The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) yesterday denied Next Magazine's report that KMT Chairman Lien Chan (
The properties mentioned in the story were "purchased by senior members of the [Lien] family for Lien's children," KMT-People First Party (PFP) alliance spokesman Hwang Yih-jiau (
"It is regrettable that the magazine made such an irresponsible report," he said.
The latest issue of the magazine, which hit the shelves yesterday, had Lien on the cover with a caption reading "Lien lied and broke the law."
Dismissing the story as a "malicious attack on Lien with inaccurate reporting attempting to mislead the public," another alliance spokesman, Alex Tsai (蔡正元), explained that the property in San Francisco was an old apartment that Lien Fang-yu (連方瑀), Lien's wife, had bought for her son, Lien Sheng-wen (連勝文), when he graduated from college and was planning to stay in the US to pursue a career.
Lien Sheng-wen, however, returned to Taiwan and the property was sold four years ago, Tsai said.
As for the property in Manhattan, Tsai explained that it was bought by Lien's son-in-law, Chen Hung-yuan (陳弘元), and it is considered property of the Chen family.
With regard to the apartment near Harvard University in Boston, Tsai said it was a 20-year-old apartment that was bought for Lien Hui-hsin (連惠心), Lien's daughter, by her grandmother when she was pursuing her studies there.
Given that Lien Hui-hsin had no bank account at the time, Tsai said, she followed a broker's advice to have the apartment registered in Lien Fang-yu's name. Tsai said that "Lien Hui-hsin forgot to mention this matter to her mom and Lien Fang-yu was not aware that there is an apartment in Boston registered under her name."
Tsai said that Lien Fang-yu admitted she was careless in the matter and apologized, and would make a correction in a timely fashion.
Saying that "the magazine, in a bid to stimulate its sales, had published an exaggerated report that is far from the truth," Tsai added that the party's Cultural and Communications Department had already issued a letter to the magazine demanding a correction.
The furor over Lien's assets has lately been in the spotlight.
Lien on Friday filed a libel suit against President Chen Shui-bian (
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