Court approves seizure of US$1.19m from MukoBy Chen Tsai-ling and Jason Pan / Staff reportersThe Taipei District Court yesterday approved the seizure of NT$38.83 million (US$1.19 million) from Muko Public Relations (木可行銷公關), a company associated with the Taiwan People’s Party (TPP), for alleged falsified accounting and unlawful transfer of funds for personal profiteering. Taipei prosecutors also summoned former TPP chief financial officer Liang Hsiu-chu (梁秀菊) for questioning yesterday. Taiwan People’s Party Chairman Ko Wen-je is summoned for further questioning by Taipei prosecutors on Wednesday. Taipei prosecutors in a release said they had filed an application to the Taipei District Court to seize Muko’s assets. Muko is one of three private entities set up by Ko and his inner circle for receiving political contributions, Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Taipei City Councilor Yu Shu-hui (游淑慧) said.
