Taiwan Impression

Taiwan Impression: "Former first lady denies taking bribes, profiteering----that is political plots to kill whole taiwaneses a-bian's family
　

By Shelley Huang
STAFF REPORTER
Friday, Jun 05, 2009, Page 4
　

Former first lady Wu Shu-jen appears in the Taipei District Court yesterday for a court session after prosecutors recently filed new charges against her.

PHOTO: CNA


Former first lady Wu Shu-jen (吳淑珍) yesterday denied taking bribes and profiteering in the first pre-trial hearing for a second wave of charges brought against her.

She said that she received NT$300 million (US$9.2 million) in political donations from former Chinatrust Financial Holding Co vice chairman Jeffrey Koo Jr (辜仲諒) and admitted that she violated the Political Donation Act (政治獻金法) because she did not report them.

However, she denied that the money she took from Koo and former Taipei Financial Center Corp chairwoman Diana Chen (陳敏薰) were bribes or illegal gains, adding that she didn’t use the money for personal expenses.

On May 5, prosecutors said they had concluded the second part of the investigation into the former first family. They charged former president Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) and his wife with taking bribes, profiteering and violating the Political Donation Act.

Prosecutors accused the former president and his wife of accepting N"