Zanadau majority shareholder Su Hui-chen (
"After I made the case public last September, Liu asked me in November to stop divulging more details and said that he would pay me NT$20 million immediately if I agreed to do so," Su said. "However, I never got any money from him and he has denied everything as well."
According to Su, Liu planned to give the money to Lin Lan (
PHOTO: WANG MIN-WEI, TAIPEI TIMES
Su said Liu asked his former attorney, Chung Yung-sheng (
Lin, Chung and Su met at China Development Holding Corp's Ta-an office to discuss the matter in November, she said.
Su said she has no idea what happened to the NT$20 million as she never received it.
Liu has denied that he proposed such a deal.
Su told judges that Liu had asked Zanadau president Chen Shen-fu (陳伸夫) to tell her that Liu really did not receive any kickbacks from her.
According to the agreement between Su and Liu, Su was supposed to give a NT$1.06 billion kickback to Lawson Corp president Lee Ming-che (李明哲), who is a close friend of Liu's, in return for Liu's promise to help secure bank financing for Zanadau. Lee was supposed to share the kickback with Liu once the deal was completed.
Su gave her testimony in a hearing at the Taipei District Court yesterday morning.
During the hearing, Su told judges that she had written letters to Lee Teng-hui in 1995 and 1996 explaining the details of the case. She said she asked Tsai Wu-hsiung (
"As a result, I am quite sure that Lee knows everything about the Zanadau case," Su said.
Liu also attended yesterday's hearing. He did not have a chance to defend himself against Su's allegations as prosecutors and judges were questioning Su.
When the hearing was completed around noon, Liu, who was approached by reporters, said he could not comment on the case outside the courtroom.
In light of Su's testimony, Judge Hu Hung-wen (
In addition, Hu plans to hear testimony from Lee Teng-hui on Nov. 12. Lee confirmed on Monday that he had received the summons and will attend the hearing.
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