Taipei prosecutors said they would visit former China Development Financial Holding Corp (中華開發金控) chairman Liu Tai-ying (劉泰英) in hospital today after he asked that his jail term, which was supposed to start yesterday, be delayed.
Taipei prosecutors had served notice to Liu asking him to begin his 22-month jail sentence yesterday, but Liu’s son, Liu Chao-yi (劉昭毅), showed up at the Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office yesterday morning asking prosecutors to postpone his father’s jail term.
Liu Chao-yi told reporters at the district prosecutors’ office that Liu Tai-ying had passed out on Tuesday evening after drinking alcohol at his residence.
He said a medical certificate showed the elder Liu’s blood pressure was high and that he had suffered a heart attack.
Liu Tai-ying is in a Taipei hospital, Liu Chao-yi said.
Taipei Prosecutor Liu Cheng-wu (劉承武), who oversees the case, said he doubted Liu Tai-ying’s sickness was genuine, adding that he would visit him in hospital and talk to the doctors.
The prosecutor said he would decide whether to issue a warrant of arrest or allow Liu to delay his jail term after the meeting.
The Taiwan High Court on May 30 sentenced Liu to five years and 10 months for breach of trust, embezzlement and violations of the Company Law and Tax Law.
The 22-month sentence was for breach of trust, which according to Article 384 of the Criminal Procedure Code (刑事訴訟法) cannot be appealed.
The other three charges can be appealed, the prosecutor said.
Liu was convicted for his involvement in the Zanadau scandal in 2002, when a woman accused him of accepting money in return for his help in securing bank financing.
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