Taipei district prosecutors yesterday indicted Chen Wei-tao (陳威陶), husband of model and actress Jean Wang (王靜瑩), for installing listening equipment so he could listen in on his wife’s telephone conversations, in a scandal that has gone on for more than four years.
Wang had also filed a lawsuit against Chiang Chun (江駿), a businessman who sold Chen the equipment and installed it in Wang’s car. However, prosecutors found that Chiang had no knowledge of Chen’s intentions when he installed the equipment, and did not prosecute Chiang.
Wang accused her husband of installing the equipment in her car in last October. She became suspicious that her husband was listening in on her telephone conversations after he sent her a text message warning her about talking behind his back with her family and friends.
Wang discovered the listening equipment when she sent her car to the repair shop, then reported the incident to police.
After conducting an investigation, prosecutors allege that Chen recorded and listened to more than 13 minutes of Wang’s telephone conversations, and charged Chen with “offenses relating to protection of secrets.”
Trouble between the high-profile couple became public when Wang tearfully accused Chen of domestic violence in a press conference in 2005. Since then, the couple has been embroiled in a long divorce battle and custody fight for their son.
Chen’s family has accused Wang of causing him emotional distress by refusing to let him see the child, while Wang’s side accuses Chen of having an explosive temper.
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