The Control Yuan yesterday condemned the Judicial Yuan for giving judges vehicles that cost more than regulations allow.
"They are apparently acting in a way they shouldn't be and those moves violate regulations," said Chao Ron-yaw (
He added, "Judicial personnel who make these kinds of judgments should be subject to stricter standards. However, they apparently take advantage of their position."
Chao said that members of the judiciary had become used to acting as they liked, for which they should be condemned.
In the investigation report released by the Control Yuan, of the 32 courts they investigated, 19 were found to have violated regulations in buying cars for judges.
Most of these cases involved senior court officials listing a personal vehicle as being for work use, allowing them to purchase the vehicle tax-free.
The government will buy cars for personal use for senior judges and provide them a car and a driver for work use.
Regulations stipulate the classes of vehicle and budgets for court officials based on their rank.
An example in the report showed that a senior court official bought a Volvo 940 with a market price of around NT$975,000.
The estimated tax exemption for a work car would be between NT$100,000 and NT$300,000.
In addition, four senior court officials have been found to have bought personal vehicles that exceeding the budget allowed for such vehicles.
This, according to the Control Yuan, violated the administrative laws for the disbursement of budgets.
"They did this because they are vainglorious," Chao said, adding that the Control Yuan might initiate an investigation into senior police officers. He said the Control Yuan had evidence that suggested senior police officers have also taken liberties with perks of their jobs.
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