Taipei prosecutors yesterday summoned for questioning four People First Party (PFP) legislators for the third time this week over a disturbance in front of the Central Election Commission (CEC) on March 26.
The four lawmakers, Chiu Yi (邱毅), Feng Ting-kuo (馮定國), Lee Ching-hua (李慶華) and Lin Hui-kuan (林惠官), are alleged to have led a group of protesters to smash the glass doors of the CEC building and attempt to stop CEC employees from posting the winner of the March 20 presidential election on its bulletin board.
Sources said the prosecutors plan to wrap up their investigation and indict the legislators sometime next week.
"If somebody told me that politics wasn't involved in this, I wouldn't believe them," Chiu said before meeting prosecutors yesterday morning. "I have never heard of an investigation being completed and a person indicted within a week. This is outrageous."
The legislators were accompanied by fellow PFP legislators Diane Lee (
"Wu was in charge of policing the CEC on that day. Wang was his deputy. They should know whether Chiu, Feng, Lee and Lin did the things they were alleged to have done," Diane Lee said.
Taipei District Prosecutors' Office Spokesman Chen Hung-ta (陳宏達) rebutted Chiu's allegation of political meddling and said that prosecutors will summon whoever they require whenever they need to.
"The prosecutors will finish their investigation when they are ready," Chen said. "I have a statement to make to politicians -- less politics and more rationality over this matter, please."
Prosecutors earlier said the four lawmakers joined the protesters and incited them to riot.
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