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Chen Shui Bian has illegally "paid" himself US$31 million during the 8 years as President or about S$5.4m per year.
Who dare say that Singapore minister's salary is the highest in the world now?
Aug 15, 2008
Taiwan's Chen quits partyTAIPEI - TAIWAN'S former president Chen Shui Bian on Friday quit the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) after money laundering allegations against him and his family surfaced this week.
'I have to say sorry to DPP members and supporters with a heavy heart. I let everybody down and caused irreparable damage to the party. This was not my intention but I made mistakes,' Chen said in a statement.
'To show my deepest remorse, my wife Wu Shu Chen and I leave the DPP from now,' he said.
The statement came hours after Taiwan's premier, Mr Liu Chao shiuan, confirmed that an investigation had been launched into the money laundering claims implicating the Chen family following similar moves by Swiss authorities.
Copies of Swiss documents obtained by Kuomintang lawmaker Hung Hsiu Chu showed that Chen's son Chen Chih Chung and daughter-in-law Huang Jui Ching had transferred some 31 million US dollars (S$43.9 million) to Huang's Swiss bank accounts in 2007.
The former president on Thursday admitted that his wife had wired abroad 20 million US dollars from his past campaign funds, saying she had done so without his knowledge, but he denied money laundering charges.
He also vowed to donate the overseas funds to public affairs.
A string of corruption scandals implicating Chen, his family and top DPP officials has tarnished the party's image and led to its defeat in a March presidential vote.
Chen is already under investigation for allegedly embezzling 14.8 million Taiwan dollars in special expenses from the government while he was president, and his wife is on trial for corruption and document forgery in the same case.
He was named a suspect in the case in 2006 but escaped immediate prosecution because he had presidential immunity. -- AFP
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Originally posted by Veneta:
Chen Shui Bian has illegally "paid" himself US$31 million during the 8 years as President or about S$5.4m per year.
Who dare say that Singapore minister's salary is the highest in the world now?
Aug 15, 2008
Taiwan's Chen quits partyTAIPEI - TAIWAN'S former president Chen Shui Bian on Friday quit the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) after money laundering allegations against him and his family surfaced this week.
'I have to say sorry to DPP members and supporters with a heavy heart. I let everybody down and caused irreparable damage to the party. This was not my intention but I made mistakes,' Chen said in a statement.
'To show my deepest remorse, my wife Wu Shu Chen and I leave the DPP from now,' he said.
The statement came hours after Taiwan's premier, Mr Liu Chao shiuan, confirmed that an investigation had been launched into the money laundering claims implicating the Chen family following similar moves by Swiss authorities.
Copies of Swiss documents obtained by Kuomintang lawmaker Hung Hsiu Chu showed that Chen's son Chen Chih Chung and daughter-in-law Huang Jui Ching had transferred some 31 million US dollars (S$43.9 million) to Huang's Swiss bank accounts in 2007.
The former president on Thursday admitted that his wife had wired abroad 20 million US dollars from his past campaign funds, saying she had done so without his knowledge, but he denied money laundering charges.
He also vowed to donate the overseas funds to public affairs.
A string of corruption scandals implicating Chen, his family and top DPP officials has tarnished the party's image and led to its defeat in a March presidential vote.
Chen is already under investigation for allegedly embezzling 14.8 million Taiwan dollars in special expenses from the government while he was president, and his wife is on trial for corruption and document forgery in the same case.
He was named a suspect in the case in 2006 but escaped immediate prosecution because he had presidential immunity. -- AFP
are you cock sure that our ministers never illegally pay themselves like ah bian?
Edited by lotus999 17 Aug `08, 5:06PM
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Originally posted by skythewood:
they paid the ministers millions so that the ministers won't be corrupt and embezzle millions
Like a child who tells his parents; give me more money and i'll give you less problems.Then he comes home and says; give me more money and i'll give you less failures in tests and exams.
Then he tells his parents again; give me even more money so i will not burden you and give you a good life when you grow old.
Then the child says; screw you old hags.
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Originally posted by 333225520:
Singapore PM's legal pay is the highest.
But Chen Shui Bian going to get charge and may face legal action. If Chen Shui Bian had increased his own pay like what our PM did, he will not have to face all the troubles he's facing now.
In Singapore, everything's better in black and white.
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Originally posted by maurizio13:
Chen Shui Bian was prosecuted for corruption.
Our Ministers will never be put on trial for corruption.
LoL yes how right.. At least the taiwanese are legally armed to deal with injustices.. Our ministers hold a monopoly on the legal use of force this puts them in worse light morally than Chen Shui Bian
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Originally posted by ulquiorra87:
LoL yes how right.. At least the taiwanese are legally armed to deal with injustices.. Our ministers hold a monopoly on the legal use of force this puts them in worse light morally than Chen Shui Bian
who knows, they'll probably use this to explain why they need to be paid an obscene amount in the first place....... or better yet use that to explain why their pay needs to go up again lol
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