Chow Mei-ching (周美青), the wife of Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) presidential candidate Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九), yesterday filed a lawsuit against Chin Heng-wei (金恆煒), the vice-president of the pro-independence Northern Taiwan Society, for saying she stole newspapers from Harvard University's Harvard-Yenching Library when she was a student there.
Chin accused Ma's wife of theft during her college years at a recent election rally for Democratic Progressive Party presidential candidate Frank Hsieh (
Ma's camp threatened to sue Chin for defamation. Chow's lawyer yesterday filed the suit against Chin at the Taipei District Court, demanding that Chiang post an apology in all four major newspapers while asking for compensation of NT$5 million (US$162,000), which will be donated to charity.
Chin has shrugged off the lawsuit, saying Ma's camp has no grounds to sue him because he was merely quoting a book written about Ma.
Chin also claimed he had more evidence to back up his accusation and would reveal it tomorrow at a press conference.
Chow's lawyer said Chin is responsible for what he said regardless of whether he was quoting another source.
Meanwhile, Vincent Siew, the KMT vice-presidential candidate, (
The six said Siew's daughter and son-in-law own a mansion in the Boston area, a rumor that Siew has vehemently denied.
In a press release from his office, Siew said that after selling both of his houses in Taipei City in 1999 during his stint as premier, he did not have any real estate under his name. He and his wife are currently residing in a home owned by their third daughter, the statement said.
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