“They should not use illegal assets to pay salaries or pensions to its current or retired workers. Lin’s remarks are extremely inappropriate and have made the committee a tool of political struggle,” Chow said. Lin said that when the act takes effect, political parties would be barred from disposing all concerned illegal assets and are obligated to register with the committee all of the targeted assets within one year of the law’s promulgation. In other words, the term in the ‘interests of party staff’ is not an ‘imperial sword’ that offers its wielder immunity from the act,” Lin said. By Stacy Hsu / Staff reporterThe Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) yesterday said Premier Lin Chuan (林全) should stop giving instructions about the operation of the Committee of Illegal Party Asset Settlement, adding that it is justifiable for a party to pay its current and retired staff members.

Source: Taipei Times August 11, 2016 15:56 UTC