The pan-blue and pan-green camps remained obsessed with political donation and "black gold" issues yesterday, with the pan-blue camp pursuing questions about a Pacific SOGO Department Store donation while the pan-green camp focused on an alleged case of Tuntex Group embezzlement.
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Lee Chuan-chiao (李全教), who first raised questions about a deal between the Presidential Office and Pacific Group chief Chang Min-chiang (章民強), held a telephone press conference yesterday morning to give some details of a meeting between Chang's son, Chang Chi-min (章啟民), and Chen Che-nan (陳哲男), deputy secretary-general of the Presidential Office
"I am asking the Presidential Office to publicize the list of the guests it received on Oct. 8, 2002. Chang Chi-min went to see Chen Che-nan that day," Lee said.
"I am also demanding [Secretary-General of the Presidential Office] Chiou I-jen (
Lee said that Chang Min-chiang had agreed to hold a press conference at an appropriate time to give an explanation of donation.
Meanwhile, Chang Ching-sen (
Chang's comment was in response to former minister of economic affairs Wang Chih-kang's (
Chang displayed confidential ministry documents, signed by Wang in September 1998, which said that only private enterprises were allowed to bid on the project.
"Two months before the Cabinet even approved the Tatan power plant project, Tung Ting had applied to build the Kuantang Industrial Park. Ordinary people did not know about the construction of the power plant and the purchase of thermal equipment, but Tung Ting got wind of them somehow before the project was approved. It makes people wonder whether Tung Ting had inside information," Chang said.
Chang said such inside information might become available through the help of KMT Chairman Lien Chan (
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