Outspoken lawyer Lin Hsien-tung has requested Ma Ying-jeou refrains from releasing his memoir
Taiwan News
Date: 2018/12/17
By: Sophia Yang, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Just days prior to the scheduled release of a memoir from
Ex-President Ma Ying-jeou. (By Central News Agency)
former Taiwan president Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九), a high-profile lawyer has stated he is resorting to courts to request Ma corrects content regarding wire-tapping and breach of trust cases.
Ma’s “A Memoir of My Eight-Year Presidency” ( 八年執政回憶錄, tentative translation), is slated for publication this Thursday (Dec. 20) under Commonwealth Publishing Group. The book contains a chapter about the judicial persecution he faced after serving his second presidential term.
The memoir is also said to contain Ma’s harsh criticism against the 2014 Sunflower Student Movement (太陽花運動), which he states should share the blame for the country’s recent economic downturn. The Sunflower Movement involved students and civic groups occupying the Legislative Yuan for nearly a month in protest of the Cross-Strait Service Trade Agreement (CSSTA).
Lawyer Lin Hsien-tung (林憲同) said in a statement on Dec. 17 that it is extremely inappropriate for Ma to justify his conduct over the legal cases (which are still under investigation) through his memoir, instead of the legal system. Lin believes the act constitutes a breach of the constitution. [FULL STORY]
