Minister denies lending former NPP chair NT$3m‘SPECULATION’: Hsu Yung-ming reportedly told prosecutors that the money was loaned to him by a government official who had been a senior classmate of hisBy Shelley Shan / Staff reporterMinister of Transportation and Communications Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) yesterday denied that he had lent former New Power Party (NPP) chairman Hsu Yung-ming (徐永明) NT$3 million (US$101,557) to cover NPP expenditure. Minister of Transportation and Communications Lin Chia-lung, front right, examines locally made products in Miaoli County yesterday. After Liao left the meeting, the official then took the money out and gave it to him, the report said. “Minister Lin is not familiar with the case, which is now under investigation. On March 4, the National Communications Commission approved TOP’s application to turn one of its local TV channels into a news channel.

Source: Taipei Times August 12, 2020 15:56 UTC