The Supreme Prosecutors Office Special Investigation Panel (SIP) yesterday summoned former Presidential Office officials as part of its investigation into former president Chen Shui-bian’s (陳水扁) suspected embezzlement.
Former Presidential Office secretaries-general Chang Chun-hsiung (張俊雄), Yeh Chu-lan (葉菊蘭) and former Presidential Office deputy secretaries-general James Huang (黃志芳) and Ma Yung-cheng (馬永成) were summoned. Hau Kuang-tsai (郝廣才), who was in charge of Chen’s 2004 presidential campaign, was also questioned yesterday.
“We need them to help us figure out what ‘secret diplomatic work’ the former president claimed he did [with the fund],” SIP spokesman Chen Yun-nan (陳雲南) said.
None of those called made any comments to the press about their conversations with prosecutors.
Chen Shui-bian’s wife Wu Shu-jen (吳淑珍) was charged with corruption and forgery in November 2006 for using receipts provided by others to claim reimbursements totaling NT$14.8 million from Chen Shui-bian’s “state affairs fund” between July 2002 and March 2006.
Chen Shui-bian, who had immunity from prosecution while in office, was named as a suspect in the case and was probed as soon as he stepped down from the presidency on May 20.
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