Prosecutors in charge of investigating former president Chen Shui-bian’s (陳水扁) corruption cases yesterday denied reports that former Chinatrust Financial Holding Co vice chairman Jeffrey Koo Jr (辜仲諒) bribed the former president with NT$300 million (US$10 million) in exchange for allowing a site in Ankeng (安康) to pass an environmental impact assessment.
The Chinese-language Next Magazine yesterday reported that to pave the way for the development of a burial site in Ankeng controlled by a subsidiary of the Chinatrust Financial Holding, Koo bribed the former president with NT$300 million so the project would pass the environmental assessment.
The Supreme Prosecutors’ Office’s Special Investigation Panel (SIP) yesterday denied the report.
SIP prosecutors are not investigating cases related to burial sites in Ankeng, nor have prosecutors received any information that Koo bribed the former first family to pass such an assessment, SIP spokesperson Chen Yun-nan (陳雲南) said. He said the reports are false and unfounded.
Former first lady Wu Shu-jen (吳淑珍) was charged in May with violating the Political Donation Act (政治獻金法) because she did not report NT$300 million in political donations she allegedly received from Koo.
Koo previously testified as a defense witness that he made “reluctant contributions” to the former first family because it was very stressful for him to come up with such large amounts of money.
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