The secretary of murdered navy Captain Yin Ching-feng (
The secretary, Lieutenant Wang Wang-yin (
Previous reports had mentioned Wang and her experience in the wake of the murder, but she is reported to have been shielded from the media by the military over the past six and a half years.
PHOTO: CHUANG CHUNG-LUNG, LIBERTY TIMES
Wang refused to answer reporter's questions after the meeting with the Control Yuan members yesterday.
Ombudsman Kang Ning-hsiang (
The three ombudsmen declined, however, to say what new discoveries they had made in the case from Wang's comments.
Ma Yi-kung (馬以工), one of the ombudsmen at the questioning, said: "For the moment, we will take Wang's statements as reference only since there are still many other versions of the same story to be verified."
The ombudsmen hoped to learn more about phone calls reportedly made to Wang by Yin's colleague Captain Kuo Li-heng (郭力恆) on the day Yin went missing, as well as a cassette tape she discovered in Yin's office following his death which later became a crucial piece of evidence in the case.
"I thank Wang for coming here to tell us what she knew about the case. But I am also sorry for having put her under the media spotlight," Kang said.
Captain Yin's widow Li Mei-kuei (
Bringing with her photos of her husband's corpse, Li told the press that she hoped Wang would tell the whole truth.
The government has recently intensified its investigation into Yin's murder, which is suspected of being closely related to a series of weapon procurement scandals in the navy, for which several naval officials have already been prosecuted.
Yin reportedly visited two arms brokers the night before he went missing.
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