Nantou County Commissioner Peng Pai-hsien (
The three local government heads, all currently charged with corruption, yesterday morning made an appeal to Control Yuan member Lin Shih-chi (
PHOTO: LIN CHENG-KUNG, TAIPEI TIMES
The three said that prosecutors had leaked information to the media during the investigation, which is prohibited by law.
According to the three, prosecutors also violated the procedure for searching government institutions.
In the process, they said, investigators often illegally confiscated property and government documents that belong to the local municipalities.
"They would not return any of the detained property or documents to us, even though the detained objects are utterly unrelated to our cases," the indicted officials said.
According to the three, the official lists for the confiscated objects are not complete, and many items taken away by prosecutors are not listed at all.
They also charged investigators with using threats to force them into making erroneous statements, although there was no mention as to how this was done.
They also complained that their personal reputations, as well as the image of local governments, had been seriously harmed due to the prosecutors' misconduct.
"The prosecutors' ignorance of human rights has damaged the foundation of this democratic nation," the three said. "Hopefully, the Control Yuan can step in to right the wrongs in order to promote judicial reform in Taiwan," they added.
Lin yesterday said that the Control Yuan will accept the appeal and will start an investigation soon.
On Jan. 12, Nantou District Prosecutors' Office indicted Peng and asked for a 20-year sentence for corruption and embezzlement of funds earmarked for 921 earthquake victims. Peng was detained for nearly two months and was released on NT$2 million bail on Jan. 13.
Chang -- along with Tainan City Urban Development Bureau Director Tung Mei-chen (
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