Probes into the financial scandal surrounding the Jin-Wen Institute of Technology have turned up evidence that two Taipei City councilors received "consultation fees" of NT$50,000 per month from the private school.
Investigators summoned the two councilors -- the KMT's Lin Yi-hua (林奕華) and the DPP's Chen Shu-hua (陳淑華) -- for questioning yesterday morning to ask about the consultation fees.
Chen told reporters that she had never received any fees from Jin-Wen. Lin was unavailable for comment.
Taipei prosecutors yesterday also questioned Lin Chao-hsien (
In addition, investigators opened a probe yesterday into allegations that officials from Taipei City's education bureau violated the law by approving the Jin-Wen High School's (
Lin Chao-hsien was the director of the education bureau at that time.
Prosecutors also spoke to Shan Hsiao-lin (單小琳), the former deputy director of Taipei City Government's Bureau of Education.
Investigators believe Chang Wan-li (
The Jin-Wen scandal surfaced in July when Chang was found to have embezzled more than NT$200 million from the school and fled abroad, leaving behind billions in bad debt.
Prosecutors are also attempting to establish whether there had been wrongdoing in connection with Lin Chao-hsien's purchase of a house in an upscale community in Hsintien -- Ta Hsueh Shih Hsiang (
The timing of the home sale has raised suspicion because the Jin-Wen High School was allowed to increase its class size on Dec. 16, 1994.
Investigators are focusing on Lin's purchase of the villa, and whether he acquired it at a low price and where the money came from.
Questioned by investigators, Lin said he extended no favors to Jin-Wen High School, and that the establishment of the junior high school had been undertaken in accordance with the law.
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