Legislator sentenced for leaking classified information

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2017/09/26
By: Chang Jung-hsiang, Huang Guo-fang, Wen Kuei-hsiang and William Yen
Chen Ming-wen (陳明文)

Taipei, Sept. 26 (CNA) Legislator Chen Ming-wen (陳明文), who has been convicted of leaking classified information when he was serving as Chiayi magistrate 2001-2009, was sentenced Tuesday by the Taiwan High Court’s Tainan Branch to a six-month prison term, which can be commuted to a fine.

Chen, a Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) legislator, was found guilty of leaking the floor price of a bid for underground sewage works in Minhsiung Township to Lai Wen-cheng (賴文正), director of Wei Meng (偉盟) Co., which won the bid, in 2007.

Chen said in an interview at the Legislative Yuan that he could not accept the ruling and that he will discuss the verdict with his lawyers after receiving it.
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