Tawa Supermarkets yesterday rejected the latest claim made by Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Chiu Yi (邱毅) about the store's relationship to the president's son, Chen Chih-chung (陳致中).
The vice president of the supermarket chain, Lee Chi-kwang(
Chiu held a press conference in Taipei yesterday and said that Chen Chih-chung established a company called R Jan LLC on Sept. 15, 2004. Chiu said R Jan LLC had a close relationship with the owner of the Tawa Supermarket, Roger Chen (
Citing information he had downloaded from a Californian government Web site, Chiu said the registered address of R Jan LLC was the same as that of Roger Chen's business.
Chiu, however, didn't provide any evidence to support his claim that R Jan LLC was established by Chen Chih-chung.
The Los Angeles-based supermarket chain said on Thursday that all the company's shares are owned by Roger Chen and his family.
Lee said yesterday that R Jan LLC was established solely by Roger Chen and had nothing to do with Chen Chih-chung.
Lee went on to stress that members of the public were eligible for the US$5 million reward, which Tawa offered on Thursday to anyone who could provide evidence of Chen Chih-chung's alleged investment in the company.
Meanwhile, two Democratic Progressive Party lawmakers and a man surnamed Tsai held a separate press conference yesterday to refute Chiu's claim on Thursday that Chen Chih-chung had fabricated his US Employment Authorization Card (EAD) -- a claim he based on the absence of a fingerprint on the card.
Tsai displayed his own EAD which he received in late 2004 and said that it didn't have his fingerprint on it, but was still valid.
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