‘HUMAN ERROR’?The KMT accused the Ministry of National Defense of telling lies on behalf of the Presidential Office regarding the expedited loan to Ching Fu Shipbuilding
Taipei Times
Date: Nov 18, 2017
By: Sean Lin / Staff reporter
The Ministry of National Defense could not have expedited a NT$2.4 billion (US$79.7
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Lu Yu-ling, left, and KMT caucus deputy secretary-general Lee Yen-hsiu hold a news conference at the Legislative Yuan yesterday calling on the Presidential Office to provide more information on the Ching Fu Shipbuilding Co scandal. Photo: CNA
million) payment to Ching Fu Shipbuilding Co had it not received instructions from top management at the Presidential Office, the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) caucus said yesterday, urging the Presidential Office to name the official who ordered the ministry to do so.
The ministry on Thursday said in a statement that the payment was made ahead of schedule due to “human error” and yesterday put on hold its plan to publish a list of personnel to be punished over the payment, saying that further investigation was needed.
It is regrettable that the ministry insists that the disbursement of the NT$2.4 billion followed due budgeting procedure and was entirely legal, KMT caucus deputy secretary-general Lee Yen-hsiu (李彥秀) said, citing the ministry’s Thursday statement and accusing it of shirking its responsibility. [FULL STORY]
