Investigators involved in a probe of former KMT lawmaker Huang Hsien-chou's (
Those who Huang accuses of masterminding his kidnapping have claimed that -- rather than an abduction -- the reason the former legislator was holed up in the Grand Hyatt Hotel, was for a sex party held for his benefit.
The woman at the center of the investigation, Chan Hui-hua (詹惠華), is the head of a call-girl ring and apparent instigator of whatever happened over the days in question.
Huang claims he was drugged and kidnapped by Chan and Yu Hung-tsan (游洪贊) -- a friend of Chan's father -- at the Grand Hyatt Taipei between Dec. 27 and Dec. 31. He says he was robbed of NT$800,000 in cash.
Using tapes secretly recorded by a former boyfriend of Chan's, a police source, who chooses to remain anonymous, told the Taipei Times that investigators on Wednesday managed to arouse the jealousy of a suspect whom police believe had been protecting her with his testimony.
"A few days ago, it seemed to us that Yu was trying to take the fall for Chan Hui-hua. However, yesterday, we played some audio tapes for him. These tapes were secretly-recorded conversations between Chan and her ex-boyfriend. Yu -- in a jealous outburst -- then admitted that he had long been in love with Chan."
The source reported that Yu then revealed that, on the night of Dec. 26, Chan told him to tie Huang up with electrical tape. Yu said that when he entered the hotel room, Huang was unconscious. As a result, he had no idea whether Huang had taken drugs or not. Yu also said that he saw no sign of a sex party.
Chan and Yu had previously told prosecutors that Huang was a drug addict and that they had arranged the sex party for him upon request.
As for the NT$800,000, Chan said that the money was a fee for arranging a meeting between Huang and a Taiwanese starlet.
Taipei Prosecutor Kuo Yung-fa (郭永發) yesterday summoned Chan again. After hearing of Yu's testimony, she became emotional and began to yell at prosecutors.
"If a lawmaker is a human being, so am I," she cried during the interview. "Just treat me fairly, will you?"
Chan's lawyer, Tsai Chen-lung (
"She said that she has never been in love with Yu and she never asked Yu to tie up Huang."
Chinese-language media has reported that Chan's call-girl ring had the protection of police and Investigation Bureau officers.
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