Ex-MJIB chief indicted

According to Lin, Yeh maintained he conveyed the information in 2006 to then Prosecutor General Wu Ying-chao. Wu denied Yeh’s claim when he was questioned by prosecutors.

Regarding the more recent information from Egmont about the ex-first family’s bank accounts in the Cayman Islands, many political observers have suggested that Yeh gave Chen Shui-bian the original copy, which investigators have not yet found.

They have also urged the prosecutors to look into the possibility that Yeh may have tipped off the ex-president about an imminent probe of his family’s overseas bank accounts.

Yeh’s alert on Chen about the Egmont probe would have given the former president a lengthy period of 1.5 years to find new places to hide the funds and build “fire walls” to ward off any investigations.

Yeh, who graduated from the Department of Law at National Chung Hsing University, was promoted by Chen Shui-bian to head the Ethics Department at the Taipei City Government while Chen was serving as mayor.

Chen promoted Yeh to head the IB in 2001 after he became president in 2000.

Yeh, 65, became the first IB chief to be banned from leaving the nation, whose residence was searched, and indicted.

The coverup for Chen’s family and the indictment not only brought disgrace to Yeh personally but also shattered the bureau’s credibility and its staff members, who have taken vows to uphold impartiality and justice, and to serve the people and nation, not a single person or family, said some analysts.

They said there could be more senior officials acting just like Yeh to cover up for Chen.

These people acted like accomplices to condone and encourage Chen’s ignoring the nation’s laws, they said.

However, taxpayers will have to continue paying Yeh his pension of NT$130,000 every month, unless he is stripped of these rights for life or changes his nationality, according to existing regulations.

The newly resurrected Control Yuan, which had been suspended by Chen for several years, is expected to impeach Yeh after it completes a separate and independent investigation.

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