(Observer News)
According to Taiwan's United News Network, after 16 years of long litigation, Chen Shui-bian's son-in-law Zhao Jianming and his relative Zhao Yuzhu were finally sentenced to 3 years and 8 months in prison and 4 years in prison respectively.
According to the report, according to the verdict, Zhao Jianming and Zhao Yuzhu will serve sentences in Taichung and Tainan on the 26th. On the afternoon of the 25th, Zhao Jianming reported to the "District Prosecutor's Office" in Taichung in advance, and then entered Taichung Prison. Zhao Yuzhu reported to the "District Prosecutor's Office" in Tainan on the morning of the 26th and entered The Tainan Prison. Both were assigned to mixed-use rooms for 2 to 5 people.
On the left is Zhao Jianming, on the right is Zhao Yuzhu, pictured from Taiwan media
According to the United News Network, zhao Jianming's father and son's "Taiwan opening case" occurred in 2005, when Zhao Jianming was invited to Taipei City's Mitsui Restaurant to have dinner with Su Dejian, chairman of the front desk, and You Shiyi, general manager of Broadband Fangxun.
The entire case was entangled for 16 years, and it was not until the 14th of this month that Taiwan's "Supreme Court" rejected the appeal and finally sentenced Zhao Jianming to 3 years and 8 months in prison, and his father, Zhao Yuzhu, to 4 years in prison. The "Local Procuratorate" in Taipei instructed the two people to carry out the work on their behalf in Taichung and Tainan, and the "procuratorate" also activated the anti-escape mechanism, informing the "police" of Taiwan to pay close attention to their whereabouts and prevent them from absconding to the sea.
According to the report, the procuratorate originally informed Zhao Jianming that he was imprisoned on the 26th, but he suspected that in order to avoid the media, he reported to the "District Prosecutor's Office" in Taichung in advance on the afternoon of the 25th, and was sent to Taichung Prison. Taichung Prison also confirmed that Zhao Jianming was included in the list of newly accepted prisoners on the 25th. On the morning of the 26th, Accompanied by his second son Zhao Jianxun, Zhao Yuzhu went to the "District Prosecutor's Office" in Tainan to report, and then entered Tainan Prison at about 11 o'clock.
Tainan Prison Food Display, pictured from Taiwan media
The report also said that Zhao Jianming and Zhao Yuzhu's first meal after they were imprisoned was three dishes and one soup. Both taichung and Tainan prisons have allocated 2 to 5 people to live in mixed houses.
Taiwan media also mentioned that Zhao Jianming's wife, Chen Shui-bian's daughter Chen Xingyu, recently offered NT$108 million (about 24.81 million yuan) to sell a mansion. The property was purchased 10 years ago in Taichung City for NT$87.5 million (approximately RMB20.1 million). Housing agents say that now that house prices are high, they have "a good time".
Such "belated justice" naturally arouses criticism. Taiwan's "Lianhe Bao" published an opinion article on the 17th, with the theme of "Donkey horses in prison, highlighting justice? On the subject, he vigorously exposed the corruption of the Chen Shui-bian family and attacked the cover-up behavior of the Tsai Ing-wen authorities.
The article said that the internal trading disrupted the financial order and harmed the shareholders, extremely hateful, in Europe and the United States has long been a felony, after the Taiwan region has been revised by the law, it is stipulated that those who make a profit of NT$100 million (about 22.97 million yuan) or more can be sentenced to more than 7 years of heavy sentences, although they barely keep up with the pace, but the "Taiwan stock speculation case" has been dragged on until now because of the merger or separate calculation of criminal proceeds, and Zhao Jianming and others have been reduced by benefiting from the "Expedited Trial Law", "Good a belated justice!" ”
The article points out that the stock speculation case is only a small side branch under the big black curtain of corruption in the Chen Shui-bian family; other cases, such as the "State Affairs Confidential Expenses Case," the "Longtan Land Purchase Case," the "Nangang Exhibition Hall Case," and the Money Laundering Case, are no less serious than the stock speculation cases, but Chen Shui-bian, who was sentenced to a heavy sentence, has been active everywhere after being released from medical parole and can also host radio programs; And Chen Shui-bian's wife, Wu Shuzhen, who was also heavily sentenced, has never even been imprisoned.
Now that the "former donkey horse" and the "first relatives" are imprisoned and imprisoned, the two may have the lament that "the Bian family has suffered", "but in the eyes of the people, 'the punishment cannot be on the Bian family' is the biggest irony of the judicial reform that Tsai Ing-wen does not dare to mention again!" ”
This article is an exclusive manuscript of the Observer Network and may not be reproduced without authorization.