DPP’s Su Chen-ching, aide to post bail of more than NT$11.5m in SOGO caseBy Chang Wen-chuan and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writerThe 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. Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Su Chen-ching yesterday leaves the Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office in Shilin District following a bail hearing. Photo: Fang Pin-chao, Taipei TimesThe payments were allegedly to help Lee in a legal dispute with Far Eastern Group over the Pacific SOGO ownership. Su’s office yesterday said in a statement that recent media reports about him misrepresented his role in the dispute, adding that the court would find him not guilty and restore his honor. Su never accepted a “red envelope” related to the matter, the office said.

Source: Taipei Times January 29, 2021 15:56 UTC