Taipei, Sept. 24 (CNA) President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) urged the public on Saturday to support a referendum that would lower the voting age from 20 to 18 and her party's candidates running for local government posts on Nov. 26, when both the referendum and local elections will be held in conjunction.
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
DPP’s Su Chen-ching, aide to post bail of more than NT$11.5m in SOGO case
By Chang Wen-chuan and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writer
The Taipei District Court yesterday allowed Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Su Chen-ching (蘇震清) and his office director, Yu Hsueh-yang (余學洋), to post bail of NT$10 million (US$351,964) and NT$1.5 million respectively, for their alleged involvement in a dispute over the ownership of Pacific SOGO Department Store.
Su and Yu, who had been detained since September last year, would be allowed to return to their residences, but would be prohibited from leaving the country and required to report to police offices in their respective residential areas every Monday evening in Pingtung City for Su and in New Taipei City’s Sinjhuang District (新莊) for Yu, the court said.