If any laws were broken in the course of the Tuntex Group political donations, the justice system will punish the guilty individuals, regardless of their status or what party they belong to, Minister of Justice Chen Ding-nan (
Independent Legislator Chu Hsin-yu (朱星羽) said in the Legislature that several Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) politicians, including people with good reputations, are involved in the case.
Chen replied that some legislators have already visited State Public Prosecutor-General Lu Jen-fa (盧仁發) and presented him with Tuntex Group chairman Chen Yu-hao's (陳由豪) open letter to the media. Chen Ding-nan said that Lu considers the open letter to be evidence and has asked the Taipei District Court to investigate the case.
"If there are people who have broken laws, they will be punished, regardless of their partisan loyalties, identity or social status," Chen Ding-nan said.
Meanwhile, deputy secretary-general to the president Chen Che-nan (陳哲男) and his son, DPP Legislator Chen Chi-mai (陳其邁), yesterday again denied a claim by the pan-blue camp that Chen Che-nan owned two condominiums in Kaohsiung valued at NT$60 million.
The pan-blue camp made the claim on Wednesday. Chen Che-nan responded to the allegation on the same day, saying that the condominiums had been purchased by his children and Chen Chi-mai's wife.
Chen Che-nan said that the property was worth just more than NT$20 million, and that the family had borrowed over NT$10 million from a bank. He stressed that the purchase was completely legal.
Yesterday morning the pan-blue camp again questioned the legality of the purchase by pointing out that the one condominium was registered in the name of Chen Che-nan's wife. Chen Chi-mai later responded by saying he and his sister had paid for the property, but registered it in their mother's name.
"What's wrong with children buying a house for their parents so that the family can reside together?" Chen Chi-mai asked.
Meanwhile, Chen Che-nan visited the Presidential Office yesterday afternoon for the first time since the Tuntex Group political donation case had been unveiled. He delivered a public statement on the condominium purchase, echoing his son's explanations.
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