High Court instructed to retry 1997 forgery case
INNOCENT? Taiwan High Prosecutors’ Office spokesman Wu Yi-ming said that it is always the right time to do the right thing and restore justice to an innocent person
By Jason Pan / Staff reporter
The High Court was on Monday instructed to retry a 1997 lawsuit brought by business tycoon Weng Mao-chung (翁茂鍾) due to its bearing on the death of bank manager Chu Ching-en (諸慶恩) and the subsequent uncovering of the justice system’s biggest corruption scandal.
The Taiwan High Prosecutors’ Office said that new evidence had come to light, and that a review of the case uncovered possible flaws in the trial procedure and examples of undue influence, leading prosecutors to question whether Weng and Chu had received a fair trial.