DPP legislator Chou Po-lun (
The High Court found Chou and former Taipei City Councilor Chen Chun-yuan (
Chou was sentenced to six years in prison, and Chen received five years.
Chou declared after the sentence that he would forego his right to appeal, claiming the High Court had handed down an erroneous judgment.
"The Supreme Court remanded this case back to the High Court for reconsideration twice, because they had brought the wrong charges against me," Chou said. "I think they just want to send someone to jail so they can tell the public that they caught the bad guy in the Ronghsing case."
The Ronghsing scandal was first exposed in 1988 by Chen Sheng-hung (
Seven city councilors and six city government officials were subsequently indicted on char-ges of bribery.
They were accused of receiving bribes from Chiaofu Construction Corporation (
The High Court convicted Chou of receiving NT$16 million from Chiaofu's owner, Huang Chou-hsuan (
Although Chou admitted he had had business dealings with Huang, he insisted the NT$16 million he received was for a different contract.
According to the Constitution, the judiciary has the right to arrest legislators only when the legislature is in recess.
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