Su Chen-ching bows out of DPP
By Jason Pan / Staff reporter
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Su Chen-ching (蘇震清) yesterday announced that he was removing himself from the party until he clears his name in a bribery case.
“I am relinquishing my party membership to protect my beloved DPP, and to keep from causing trouble for top ministry officials,” he said, adding that he aimed to return after being proven innocent by the justice system.
Su, 56, has represented Pingtung County constituencies for four terms as a legislator.
Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Su Chen-ching is pictured at a news conference in Taipei yesterday at which he announced that he is leaving the party.
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KMT’s senseless move
Further to your story “KMT calls to cut budgets for US, Czech missions” (Jan. 23, page 1): Taiwan’s Representatives to the US and the Czech Republic, Hsiao Bi-khim (蕭美琴) and Ke Liang-ruey (柯良叡) respectively, made tremendous efforts to improve Taiwan’s position in the international system.
Was it perhaps a mere coincidence that, during the past year, we witnessed the signing of the Taiwan Assurance Act by former US president Donald Trump, several visits by senior US officials and last but not least, former US secretary of state Mike Pompeo’s announcement of the lifting of all bans on contacts between US and Taiwanese diplomats and other officials?
One hurt in scrum over Su Chen-ching
MEDIA FRENZY: The lawmaker said that there were too many journalists as he left a courthouse, amid accusations that he and his escorts had caused people to fall
By Jason Pan / Staff reporter
Accusations of infringement of media freedom were leveled against Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Su Chen-ching (蘇震清) after a photographer sustained a head injury in a scuffle.
On Friday, Su was released on NT$10 million (US$351,964) bail after being detained for 179 days amid a corruption probe relating to a Pacific SOGO Department Store ownership battle.
Videos of the incident showed Su and men escorting him exiting the Taipei District Court amid a large media presence.
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.
SOGO suspects to remain detained
Staff writer, with CNA
The Taipei District Court on Friday ruled that two lawmakers involved in a bribery scandal related to a dispute over the ownership of Pacific SOGO Department Store be detained for another two months.
After receiving approval from the Legislative Yuan earlier in the day, the court announced that Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Su Chen-ching (蘇震清) and Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislators Sufin Siluko would be detained for another two months because of their alleged involvement.
Based on the Additional Articles of the Constitution, a court must receive permission from the legislature to detain a lawmaker.