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Liu to be deported after paying US$80,000 to victims

Former Taiwanese representative to Kansas City Jacqueline Liu (劉姍姍) was sentenced Friday morning in United States federal court for fraud in foreign labor after accepting a plea bargain which included a time-served prison sentence, US$80,000 in fines, and deportation.

Liu, 65, had been in federal custody without bond since being arrested on Nov. 10, 2011, and had pleaded guilty on Nov. 18, 2011, admitting to having fraudulently hired two Filipino housekeepers for her residence and having paid them significantly less than promised while forcing them to work excessive hours.

Under Liu's plea deal, U.S. District Judge Greg Kays in Kansas City ordered her on Friday, Jan. 27, to pay US$80,044 in restitution for the two victims, as well as an as-yet unspecified fine to cover the full costs of her incarceration and deportation, including the round-trip expense of the federal agents in whose custody she would travel, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.

According to the local United Evening News, the incarceration amount tallies to US$4,714, while the transportation fee is US$6,326 with a court fee of US$100. The total amount Liu is responsible for, in addition to the US$80,044 restitution for the victims, is US$91,184.

Liu will remain in federal custody and be deported by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) — she would potentially return to Taiwan within the next two weeks, Liu's lawyer Jim Wirken stated after the court session.

Under the terms of her plea agreement, Liu was required to waive her right to a hearing before an immigration judge, in addition to compensating the two victims.

Liu was the Director-General of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) located in Kansas City, Missouri. The TECO is one of 13 offices responsible for maintaining close unofficial relations between the people of the United States and Taiwan.

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Comments

January 30, 2012 bigthinks@

She is Taiwanese at heart, who exploits and tortures foreign workers...but her bad...she did it in the land of liberty, where everyone have rights and are treated equal. Liu is punished, humiliated and now will be deported even though she has worked as a diplomat for so long ...and those exploited workers are free to live and work in U.S...THE GREAT AMERICA.

January 30, 2012 wolvesmon2000@

Good news. People like this cannot be allowed to live in decent society. This attitude is common in Taiwan and needs to stop.

Slavery in all but name.

January 30, 2012 bigthinks@

Isabelle (ho siao-fung) was a poor Taiwanese girl exploited by their own Taiwanese...but good for Isabelle, she was in U.S not Taiwan where she got help and is now able to live and work in U.S....Human right in Taiwan sucks and gets bad for foreigners and worse for foreign laborers....China, HK/Singapore, S. Korea, Japan and even Malaysia are better for foreigners than Taiwan. Main culprit is Taiwanese with hateful minds. Things will change when China takes over Taiwan and they will know when they have to compete with Chinese for a living...It has already started.

January 30, 2012 carlos.segovia33@

You should read the comments on yahoo Taiwan. The commentators ripped her apart, literally destroyed her. And Liu threatened the Filipinas with deportation.....and now look who’s being deported. I believe in an eye for an eye...I’d like to be her employer.

January 30, 2012 piawliangjohny@

THAT'S WHAT SHE GOT FOR ABUSING HER POWER AS OFFICER..

January 30, 2012 there801@

I agree with all of you up there, this woman should be punished back home. She is one of the remaining members of the cruel Manchu Dynasty slavers.