An opposition legislator yesterday alleged that former presidential adviser Chen Che-nan (
People First Party (PFP) Legislator Sun Ta-chien (
But because of meddling by Jong Shyn Shipbuilding Co, the CSBC has been unable to begin construction.
Lu involved
"The Jong Shyn company asked Chen Che-nan and Hou Ho-hsiung to force CSBC to release part of the contract to their company, which they did, and also asked for Vice President Annette Lu's (
As of press time yesterday, neither Chen nor Hou were available to comment on the allegations.
Sun went on to allege that Lu ordered the deputy director-general of the Presidential Office's Department of Public Affairs Cho Chun-ying (
Sun said the navy had evaluated Jong Shyn Co, concluded that it was unable to build navy boats and therefore froze it out of the bidding process.
But the company filed a complaint letter to the Executive Yuan's Public Construction Commission, and because of Cho's intervention, the commission decided the navy's bidding process was seriously flawed.
Normal procedure
In response, Cho said the Presidential Office did receive a letter of complaint from Jong Shyn Co, but that it was handed over to the Executive Yuan.
"The procedure of dealing with the company's complaint letter was normal and legal," Cho added.
The navy yesterday evening said in a press statement that the contract for building the 29 missile boats was legal, but because the Jong Shyn company filed a complaint letter to the Executive Yuan, the navy has suspended the project, pending a probe by the Executive Yuan.
The navy denied that any politicians were involved in the matter.
CSBC's general manager Fan Kuang-nan (
The Jong Shyn Shipbuilding Co mainly manufactures several types of ships, and used to build patrol boats for the Coast Guard Administration.
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