By Hsieh Chun-lin / Staff reporterThe Control Yuan yesterday censured the Taipei City Government for failing to avoid a conflict of interest during then-Taipei mayor Ma Ying-jeou’s (馬英九) time in office that might have resulted in profiteering by a development firm in the Zhongxing Shanzhuang (中興山莊) urban renewal project. The KMT “rented” the plot to the KMT Central Committee, which paid rent only briefly, essentially occupying it, Kao said, adding that Yeh had to continue to pay land taxes. Yeh later offered to sell the plot for NT$200 per ping (3.3m2), but accepted the KMT’s counteroffer of NT$105 per ping, he said. As the KMT had promised the city government that 5,800 ping of land from the plot would be donated for the relocation of Taipei Municipal Yongjian Elementary School, the land was marked for government use, he said. Ma, who at the time was also KMT vice chairman and should have avoided a conflict of interest, approved the rezoning, Kao said.

Source: Taipei Times December 24, 2019 15:56 UTC