People First Party Legislator Lee Ching-hua (李慶華) said yesterday, without naming names, that two navy admirals were involved in weapons-procurement corruption cases related to the 1993 murder of navy Captain Yin Ching-feng (尹清楓).
Lee said the two admirals had been labeled as "traitors to the navy" by former Chief of the General Staff (CGS) Liu Ho-chien (
In a press conference at the legislature yesterday morning, Lee said the two admirals "had not yet been exposed."
But Lee did not directly name the two admirals.
"One of the two was the navy's Commander-in-Chief and deputy CGS and is now on a trip abroad. The other had also been deputy CGS and is currently a diplomat abroad." Lee said.
Lee said the two had played crucial roles in both the purchases of mine sweepers and Lafayette frigates and had been the beneficiaries of bribes.
"One bribe was remitted to an account connected to an admiral. Another was handed over in person ... to an admiral at a golf course," Lee said.
Lee has been making almost daily public announcements in recent weeks of what he claims are inside facts related to the Yin case.
Lee said he was revealing the facts to push the government to proceed with the investigation, and he denied an allegation that he was making accusations to mislead the investigation.
Hsu Hsueh-hai (
"What Hsu should do is report to the prosecutors" Lee said.
Former CGS Liu Ho-chien, who has reportedly been barred from leaving the country due to the investigation, has issued public statements claiming his innocence.
"I was a serviceman for 60 years. I have always been loyal to the country and have never had any involvement in corruption," the statement said.
Liu added that he was willing to answer investigator's questions.
Meanwhile, an evening newspaper yesterday reported that the task force to investigate Yin's murder was also investigating two large sums of money that entered the account of former director of the Presidential Office, Su Chih-cheng, (蘇志誠) in 1994.
According to the report, the task force, working together with Taiwan's Money Laundering Prevention Center, had uncovered details which showed two deposits had been made into an account of Su's at Chinatrust Commercial Bank at its Chungching South Road branch.
Investigations discovered that the deposits, totalling NT$160 million, were later transferred to eight other bank accounts, the report said.
Su denied the report in a recent interview with TVBS.
"This is a deliberate attempt ... to damage my reputation and mislead the direction of the investigation," Su told TVBS.
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