Progress in Lafayette case: ministry
KICKBACKS: Local prosecutors will follow up on the case and assist Swiss authorities, if required, to facilitate the return of illegal payments, the Ministry of Justice said
Staff writer, with CNA
The Ministry of Justice yesterday confirmed that progress has been made in its pursuit of illegal payments made in the long-running Lafayette frigate scandal.
Switzerland on Thursday announced that it would return part of the US$900 million it confiscated over corruption allegations linked to the case, which dates back three decades.
“In the frigates case, Switzerland will restitute nearly US$266 million to Taiwan,” the Swiss Department of Justice and Police said in a statement, referring to the “illegal commissions” paid during a US$2.8 billion deal to buy six Lafayette-class frigates in 1991.
Progress made on return of illegal kickbacks in Lafayette Frigate case
02/05/2021 06:55 PM
A Lafayette frigate. CNA file photo
Taipei, Feb. 5 (CNA) The Ministry of Justice on Friday confirmed that progress has been made in its pursuit of illicit kickbacks involved in the long-running Lafayette frigate scandal.
The confirmation came after Switzerland announced that it would return part of the US$900 million it confiscated over corruption allegations linked to the case, which date back three decades. In the frigates case, Switzerland will restitute nearly US$266 million to Taiwan, the Swiss Department of Justice and Police said in a statement on Thursday, referring to the money as illegal commissions paid during an estimated US$2.8 billion deal to buy six Lafayette-class frigates in 1991.
US aid sought after the death of Huang Fang-yen
SUICIDE SUSPECTED: Prosecutors in Taipei said that once the death of the physician has been officially confirmed, the charges he faced dating to 2009 would be dropped
By Tsai Shu-yuan and Jason Pan / Staff reporters
The Ministry of Justice yesterday said that it would ask the US for mutual legal assistance following the death of fugitive doctor Huang Fang-yen (黃芳彥) in California.
A former family doctor to Wu Shu-jen (吳淑珍), former president Chen Shui-bian’s (陳水扁) wife, and former Shin Kong Memorial Wu Ho-Su Hospital deputy superintendent, Huang, 73, was found dead inside a car with a head wound, apparently from a gunshot.
Wanted fugitive found dead in U.S.
01/28/2021 10:35 PM
Huang Fang-yen. CNA file photo.
Taipei, Jan. 28 (CNA) Huang Fang-yen (黃芳彥), a Taiwanese fugitive wanted for his involvement in a corruption case involving former first lady Wu Shu-jen (吳淑珍), died recently in the United States aged 73, his brother said Thursday.
Huang Chung-yen (黃重彥) said he learned about the death when his niece, who lives in the U.S., called him that morning to tell him his older brother had been found dead in a car parked in his residential building after going missing for several days.
While the exact time of Huang s death remains unclear, Huang Chung-yen, who practices medicine in the central city of Taichung, said mixing alcohol with sleeping pills could be the cause of the death, after a local media outlet reported the older Huang was found dead by a superintendent in the building with sleeping pills and alcohol in the car.
Taipei, Jan. 19 (CNA) A former prosecutor with the now-defunct Special Investigation Division (SID) was released on bail Tuesday after being questioned by prosecutors about his alleged role in an investment scheme that ripped off investors.