Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/09/17
By: Joseph Yeh
Taipei, Sept. 17 (CNA) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) on Monday said the
Prosecutor Douglas Melendez said Thursday that he is investigating the alleged diversion of US$10 million in funds donated by Taiwan and purportedly used to pay for political campaigning.
Melendez said in a television interview that the money came from US$38 million Taipei gave to the Foreign Ministry for various projects.
He alleged the funds were diverted to the presidency and “apparently used in a partisan campaign” under then-President Mauricio Funes in an election won by current President Salvador Sanchez Ceren, an Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN) party ally of Funes, according to foreign media reports. [FULL STORY]