Taiwan News
Date: 2015-10-23
By: Matthew Strong, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

Yeh Kuang-shih, the former aide to the former Kuomintang presidential

Hung aide denies funding allegations. Central News Agency

candidate Hung Hsiu-chu, walks out of the Supreme Prosecutors Office Special Investigation Division late Wednesday.
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – An aide to former Kuomintang presidential candidate Hung Hsiu-chu on Friday rejected allegations that she had accepted NT$30 million (US$926,000) from the party in return for dropping out of the race.

The Supreme Prosecutors Office Special Investigation Division has been investigating allegations brought by opposition politicians that the KMT “paid off” Hung in order to persuade her to drop her candidacy for the January 16 election.     [FULL  STORY]