Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) members demanded an explanation from Taipei Mayor Ma Ying-jeou (
The call came in the wake of similar allegations against former Kaohsiung mayor and premier Frank Hsieh (
"We have to use the same standard to measure politicians. Now that Hsieh has been referred for judicial investigation over the Kaohsiung City Government's land swap deals with Yu when Hsieh was Kaohsiung mayor, Ma should be investigated as well," DPP Legislator Hsu Kuo-yung (
PHOTO: CHIEN JUNG-FONG, TAIPEI TIMES
Hsieh was accused of swapping some city government-owned commercially zoned land around the Hanshin Department Store for a less valuable parcel of land owned by Yu, the Kuan-Pin Co general manager who is a main suspect in the Taiwan Development Corp insider trading scandal.
The Taipei District Prosecutors Office has been investigating the allegation against Hsieh, who issued a statement on Tuesday denying any wrongdoing.
Hsu said Yu was also involved in land swap deals with Taipei.
"Among Taipei City Government's 11 land swap deals, five were made with Yu. The current value of the five pieces of land amounts to NT$64 million," he said.
Liu Hsiu-ling (
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