The Taipei District Prosecutors' Office yesterday concluded that former KMT lawmaker Huang Hsien-chou (
Prosecutor Kuo Yung-fa (
Yu Hung-tsan (
"Chan violated Article 328 and the Article 231 of the Criminal Code," said Chen Hung-ta (
"Yu also violated Article 328. However, he turned state's evidence, testifying against the main suspect. According to Article 14-1 of the Witness Protection Law (
Prosecutors also declined to indict Chan Fu-shun (
On Jan. 28, under intense questioning by police and after hearing an audio tape of a conversation between Chan and one of her other lovers, Yu broke down and in a jealous rage and changed his testimony to prosecutors. His new testimony matched Huang's, which led prosecutors to conclude that the former lawmaker's story was true.
On Feb. 9, Chan turned on Yu and changed her testimony as well, saying that she had set Huang up -- but that it was Yu's idea to do so.
Chan had previously told prosecutors that she had arranged for two prostitutes to work a sex party at Taipei's Grand Hyatt Hotel at Huang's request. She also claimed that Yu and her younger brother Chan Fu-shun were at the gathering -- an arrangement she said was also sought by Huang. She also claimed that Huang took drugs at the party.
As for the NT$800,000, Chan said that it was the amount of money that Huang owed her for services rendered.
Huang has stated all along that he was drugged, kidnapped and robbed of NT$800,000 in cash.
Although Huang claims to have been drugged during the kidnapping, Chen said that prosecutors have enough evidence to believe that he is indeed a drug addict.
According to the results of testing done on the hair of Chan, her brother, Yu and Huang, all are drug addicts, according to prosecutors. The tests, investigators concluded, show the consistent use of illegal dugs over a long period of time.
"According to Article 20-1 of the Narcotics Endangerment Prevention Act, prosecutors will ask the Taipei District Court to send all of them to the Ministry of Justice's Drug Abstention and Treatment Center," Chen said.
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