By Shelley Shan / Staff reporterLawmakers on the legislature’s Transportation Committee yesterday asked the Ministry of Transportation and Communications to review its management system of slopes along highways and freeways after a landslide on the southbound side of National Sun Yat-sen Freeway (Freeway No. 1) on Tuesday caused severe congestion during peak-hour traffic yesterday morning.
Taipei, July 6 (CNA) Three legislators and one former lawmaker were found guilty Wednesday of receiving bribes in a case regarding the ownership of the Pacific SOGO department store chain, and were sentenced to prison terms ranging from seven years and four months to ten years, according to the Taiwan Taipei District Court.
Five current and former legislators were yesterday among those found guilty of graft, exercising undue influence and related charges in a large political corruption scandal, with the Taipei District Court handing down sentences ranging from seven to 10 years.
Lawmakers and aides contravened the Anti-Corruption Act (貪污治罪條例) in a case linked to former Pacific Distribution Investment Co (太平洋流通) chairman Lee Heng-lung’s (李恆隆) battle with Far Eastern Group (遠東集團) over the ownership of the Pacific SOGO Department Store (太平洋崇光百貨) chain.
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Sufin Siluko (廖國棟) was sentened to eight-and-a-half years and was ordered to forgo NT$6.2 million (US$207,984) that he
SOGO SAGA: Sufin Siluko, Chen Chao-ming, Su Chen-ching and Hsu Yung-ming received heavier sentences because they were not cooperative, the court saidBy Jason Pan / Staff reporter