Minister of Justice Chen Ding-nan (
"If it's a scandal, then our job is to find out who is involved no matter who they are, which political parties they belong to, etc.," Chen said at a press conference yesterday.
Chen refused to elaborate on the details of the investigation.
PHOTO: GEORGE TSORNG, TAIPEI TIMES
Under the direct order of Taipei Chief Prosecutor Lin Jinn-tsun's (
Also, bureau agents and prosecutors want to ascertain the amount Su paid in kickbacks to Lee and Liu.
After the summons, Lee was banned from traveling outside Taiwan.
Su held a press conference at the Legislative Yuan after BOI's summons on Tuesday. At the conference, she said she told the bureau agents and prosecutors that she has paid NT$1.06 billion to Lee's account.
However, during Monday's press conference, Su claimed that she has paid NT$75 million to Lee's account and she could account for every single transaction she made.
"The deal was off and I just wanted to get my money back. That's all," Su said on Tuesday.
The scandal began in 1998, when the Zanadau Development Corp was developing the 11.66 hectare Tahu Commercial Zone (
When the company was unable to secure a loan for the project with local banks because of Su's poor credit history, she turned to Lee, a politically-connected investor from central Taiwan who, like Su, was a major Zanadau share holder.
Li then introduced Su to Liu, who liked the shopping mall proposal and agreed to endorse the loan. But Su said there was a catch.
Su alleges that Liu told her that he would help her finance a total of NT$11.5 billion from local banks, but only if he and Li received a 10 percent commission on the total amount of financing.
Zanadau's hope of bank loans turned out to be a dead end because, according to Liu, Taiwan's real estate business was beginning to slow down.
Prior to the BOI summons on Tuesday, Su said earlier that she paid a total amount of NT$75 million to Lee's account, which Liu was aware of, according to Lee. However, Su also said that she never knew whether Liu did get a share of the kickback or Lee has pocketed the entire sum.
In the meantime, Liu has denied all of Su's accusations and said that Lee will step forward to explain everything and prove Liu's innocence in the next couple of days.
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