A batch of audio files are believed to give more details on the land deal too and might get Ma into hot water
Taiwan News
Date: 2018/07/18
By: Sophia Yang, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Former President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) is likely to have
The photo shows former President Ma Ying-jeou (By Central News Agency)
played a decisive role in a controversial land deal in which a large parcel of land in Taipei City originally owned by the Kuomintang was traded far below market price when Ma chaired the party, according to a media report on Wednesday.
Following a recent indictment and a prison sentence issued last May for leaking classified information from a judicial investigation, Ma is in hot water for involvement in two legal cases. They include a sale of land for the National Development Institute and the takeover of a Taipei City-owned bank by the Fubon Financial Holding while Ma served as mayor of the capital.
On Wednesday, a man familiar with the matter was quoted by Mirror Media as saying that up to 300 compact disks with numerous voice recording files seized in 2017 by prosecutors from a house of an employee from the Central Investment Co. for Ma’s alleged involvement in the sale of KMT-owned media companies, would shed light on the land deal too. The disks are believed to contain evidence and audio files to prove Ma’s lead role in the deal that probably cost the party a loss of NT$2 billion (US$65 million).
The person familiar with the matter told the media that the prosecutors office began questioning a few key persons in connection with the case this year and is going to make explosive progress soon. [FULL STORY]
