-Caveat Lector- [Maybe when the new ruling party in Taiwan is done there, they can come over here: ""The indictment includes 156 voters who took T$300 (US$9) each from the Nationalist Party and Nationalist party officials who handed out the bribes," said a spokesman for Chunghua prosecutors' office." Included in the arrests was the President of the largest commercial bank on the island.] http://www.insidechina.com:80/news.php3?id=230659 Taiwan Charges 260 With Corruption TAIPEI, Dec 15, 2000 -- (Reuters) Taiwan, moving into high gear in a war against corruption, charged a total of 260 people with graft on Friday, prosecutors said. Prosecutors in the central county of Changhua charged 215 people who gave or took bribes in the March presidential elections. "The indictment includes 156 voters who took T$300 (US$9) each from the Nationalist Party and Nationalist party officials who handed out the bribes," said a spokesman for Chunghua prosecutors' office. Prosecutors recommended a three-year jail term and a fine of T$1.5 million for Hsu Tsung-chiung, head of Yuanlin township in Changhua and a Nationalist member, as well as a two-month sentence for each bribe taker. The Nationalists, who ruled Taiwan for 55 years until being ousted by Chen Shui-bian of the Democratic Progressive Party, trailed a distant third in the neck-and-neck presidential race. Chen took office in May and was counting on an intensified war against "black gold" -- political corruption and political links to organized crime -- to bolster his flagging popularity. Prosecutors in eastern Taitung charged 45 people, including all but two incumbent councillors with corruption. Of the indicted, 19 served in the county council, including speaker and vice speaker, while 22 were former councillors and four were businessmen, a spokesman in the Taitung prosecutors' office said. If convicted, the councillors face up to seven years in prison, he said. Taitung County speaker Wu Chun-li, in a statement, denied any wrongdoing, saying he believed the court would clear his name. The Ministry of Justice said on Friday 30 elected officials had been indicted while 27 had been under investigations since June, according to the state-funded Central News Agency. Last week, the president of Taiwan's largest commercial bank was accused of corruption and freed on T$200,000 (US$6,000) bail after questioning by authorities. Ho Kuo-hua, 57, president of the state-owned Bank of Taiwan, was taken in on Thursday by agents of the Bureau of Investigation (BOI), who recommended he be charged with embezzlement. (C)2000 Copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved. Republication or redissemination of the contents of this screen are expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters Limited. ================================================================= Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF: *Michael Spitzer* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends ================================================================= <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
