A representative of the family of the main suspect in the March 19, 2004, election-eve shooting of the president and vice president yesterday challenged the forensic investigation carried out during the case by Chinese-American forensics expert Henry Lee (李昌鈺).
Chang Hsi-kuang (張曦光) called a news conference at the Alumni Hall of National Taiwan University, offering what he claimed was "new evidence" concerning the bullets used in the shooting, and asking Lee, who arrived in Taiwan on Sunday for a four-day visit, for an explanation.
Materials science professor Hsu Tung from the National Tsinghua University and former Hualien County Commissioner Wang Chin-feng (王慶豐), who had taken part in a "319 truth investigation commission" set up by the Legislative Yuan, also attended the news conference.
PHOTO: WANG MIN-WEI, TAIPEI TIMES
Chang, who has represented the family of Chen Yi-hsiung (陳義雄), the only suspect in the shooting, has repeatedly questioned the forensic report of the investigative team.
As Lee took part in the crucial forensic work leading the investigative team to identify Chen Yi-hsiung as the main suspect, Chang asked for Lee to address his doubts concerning the investigation.
Lee was to speak on the forensic investigation and reconstruction of the crime scene at the Taiwan Police College yesterday and today. He will give a speech on new forensic concepts to ranking police officers. He was also scheduled to appear on a call-in TV program last night to answer questions about the forensic work during the shooting investigation.
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The opposition has never produced evidence to substantiate its accusation, and the Supreme Court has upheld the validity of the president's re-election.
After a lengthy investigation, with Lee assisting in crime scene reconstruction and forensic examinations, the "319 investigation task force" ended its probe last August after identifying Chen Yi-hsiung as the main suspect. He was found dead in Anping Harbor in Tainan about 10 days after the shooting. It is believed that he committed suicide.
The family of Chen Yi-hsiung had previously testified that he carried out the shooting because he was depressed about being unemployed and blamed the president's policies.
However, his wife, Lee Shu-chiang (李淑江), retracted her testimony in the middle of this month, claiming at a news conference that she was coerced into making statements implicating her husband.
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