Minister of Justice Tsai Ching-hsiang (蔡清祥) said he ordered the office to investigate the circumstances that led to the destruction of evidence in Ho’s case, and how Ho was able to evade police searches and flee to China. The Judicial Reform Foundation called it the “Taiwanese judiciary’s most shameful episode” and “a major embarrassment” for the public to see that judges could be bought. The foundation called for the resignation of top ministry and Judicial Yuan officials, and demanded reforms and a massive clean-up of what it called corrupt judges and prosecutors within the system. A High Court ruling in 2016 further reduced the prison term to 13 years and ordered him to pay back NT$52 million. However, legal reform activists said it smelled of foul play and possibly another “inside job,” citing too many coincidences of information being leaked or evidence destroyed relating to Ho’s case, and called for a thorough investigation.

Source: Taipei Times June 20, 2019 15:56 UTC