COMPLAINTS: A likely motive was to drag the case onto the political front line, perhaps because Ma feels the probe is heading in an unfavorable direction

Taipei Times
Date: Dec 16, 2017
By: Jason Pan  /  Staff reporter

Legal experts yesterday said they suspected former president Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) had an ulterior motive after he gave a public talk after filing complaints against Taipei prosecutors, accusing them of leaks and violating the confidentiality of a case under investigation.

Ma on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against Taipei Chief Prosecutor Shing Tai-chao (邢泰釗) and Taipei Head Prosecutor Wang Hsin-chien (王鑫健) for allegedly leaking details from a case under investigation, after media reports that prosecutors have a recording allegedly implicating Ma in financial irregularities arising from the sale of Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) assets more than a decade ago.

Attorney Chou Wu-jung (周武榮) said Ma’s filing was motivated by several factors, among them the opportunity to speak publicly, sending his message via the media that he wanted “to warn those involved in the case not to talk in the wrong way.”
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