Taipei Times
Date: Jan 30, 2018
Newly sworn in Control Yuan member Chen Shih-meng, who reported for duty
Control Yuan member Chen Shih-meng talks to reporters after being sworn in in Taipei yesterday. Photo: Chien Jung-fong, Taipei Times
yesterday, in an interview on Friday told Chinese-language ‘Liberty Times’ (the sister newspaper of the ‘Taipei Times’) staff reporter Chung Li-hua that he would focus on three types of ‘dinosaur judges,’ namely those who bend the law to punish pan-green camp politicians, shield pan-blue camp members and protect the Chinese Nationalist Party’s (KMT) illegally acquired assets
Liberty Times (LT): What is the first investigation you are planning to conduct once you assume your duties at the Control Yuan?
Chen Shih-meng (陳師孟): I do not intend to start a war by fighting everywhere at once. I am not yet familiar with the Control Yuan’s operations. I would not start with high-publicity cases, such as former president Ma Ying-jeou’s (馬英九) case involving the alleged leaking of secrets, or former president Chen Shui-bian’s (陳水扁) corruption case over the Longtan (龍潭) land deal.
Those cases are more difficult and any failure on my part to handle them would have a negative effect on all of the investigations that I might embark on later. So, my first investigation is designed as a full dress rehearsal for things yet to come, although I should add that I will not be wasting any effort on small fry, either. [FULL INTERVIEW]