Taipei Times
Date Dec 15, 2017
By: Sean Lin / Staff reporter
The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) caucus yesterday said the Taipei District
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Alicia Wang, left, yesterday criticizes the Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office for leaking information about a probe into the party’s sale of assets while former president Ma Ying-jeou served as party chairman at a news conference in Taipei as KMT Legislator Lee Yen-hsiu looks on. Photo: Chien Jung-fong, Taipei Times
Prosecutors’ Office has become a weapon of political persecution and urged the Ministry of Justice to explain why details about an ongoing investigation into former president Ma Ying-jeou’s (馬英九) alleged underselling of former state-run enterprises were leaked to the media.
Prosecutors should not apply double standards in their adherence to the principle of nondisclosure of details on cases under investigation, KMT caucus deputy secretary-general Lee Yen-hsiu (李彥秀) told a news conference at the Legislative Yuan in Taipei.
Lee was referring to a lawsuit that Ma filed against Chief Prosecutor Shing Tai-chao (邢泰釗) and head prosecutor Wang Hsin-chien (王鑫健), who Ma said had illegally leaked “distorted” details on the KMT’s sale of Central Motion Pictures Corp, Broadcasting Corp of China and China Television Co to reporters, leading to false media reports. [FULL STORY]