The investigation found that KMT Legislator Hsieh Yi-fong’s (謝衣鳳) father, Hsieh Hhsin-lung (謝新隆), and sister, Hsieh Pei-ying (謝佩穎), held a 25.89 percent stake in Changhua County’s SD TV (三大有線電視) through a legal entity from Jan. 25, 2010, to April 7 of this year. Then-Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) legislative candidate Hsieh Yi-fong, second right, holds a basket of pineapples during a campaign event in Chuanghua County on Dec. 1 last year. “Mr Hsieh Hsin-lung and Ms Hsieh Pei-yin have been SD TV board members since Jan. 26, 2005. Hsieh Hsin-lung and Hsieh Pei-yin had been given a chance to explain their actions, it said. As both had reduced their indirect shareholding in SD TV to 0.63 percent by April 8, the NCC ruled that the cable system be fined just NT$1.6 million for receiving invested funds from people having familial relationships with politicians.

Source: Taipei Times July 08, 2020 15:56 UTC