Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Chiu Yi (
"Prosecutors again yielded in obedience to Chen Shui-bian's (陳水扁) government and they became tools of the government," Chiu said.
"The only reason prosecutors are indicting me is to stop me from revealing more scandals such as the Presidential Office submitting falsified receipts for reimbursement under its special allowances expenditure budget," he said.
He added that he would file a libel suit against Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Tsai Chi-fang (蔡啟芳) over Tsai's accusation that Chiu ran a company involved in inside-trading of various stocks.
Chiu has uncovered scandals such as the president's son-in-law Chao Chien-ming's (
According to Chiu's indictment, in March last year, Chiu told cable station TBVS's political talk show, 2100 Quan Min Kai Jiang (Speaking Your Mind at 2100) that a construction company was able to win a NT$5 billion (US$152,905,100) bid from the Taiwan Power Company because DPP chairman Yu Shyi-kun was behind the company.
Chiu said his accusation was based on solid evidence, but when prosecutors asked him to provide the evidence, he told them the accusation against Yu was based on his suspicions.
Also in March last year, prosecutors added, Chiu alleged that DPP Legislator Hsu Jung-shu (
He alleged Hsu had traded a total of 600 Futung Group's stocks before it was forced to cease trading on the stock market.
Prosecutors said Chiu's accusation was untrue because Hsu still held the Futung Group's stocks after the company was no longer on the market.
In November last year, Chiu alleged that then-premier Frank Hsieh (
Prosecutors said Chiu slandered Kuan by calling her "a shameless and ugly woman."
In the fourth case, prosecutors said, Chiu labelled Hsieh "an evil lawyer" on a political talk show.
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