Court allows continued detention of two lawmakers
12/18/2020 09:22 PM
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Legislative Speaker You Si-kun (right) announces the Legislature's approval of the court continuing detention of two lawmakers. CNA photo Dec. 18, 2020
Taipei, Dec. 18 (CNA) The Taipei District Court ruled on Friday that two lawmakers involved in a bribery scandal related to a dispute over the ownership of SOGO Department Store be detained for another two months.
After receiving the approval of the Legislature earlier in the day, the court announced that Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) legislator Su Chen-ching (蘇震清) and Kuomintang (KMT) lawmaker Liao Kuo-tung (廖國棟) will be detained for another two months because of their involvement in the case.