No ban on Chen daughter's movement: SCID

The SCID hasn't found any evidence attesting to Hsing-yu's involvement in any of the Chen family cases, and hasn't made her one of the defendants in the cases, Prosecutor Chen said. Accordingly, there is no ban on her freedom of movement, Chen continued.

The spokesman made the remarks when asked by reporters to comment on Hsing-yu's departure for New York on Saturday.

He continued that Chen Hsing-yu has remained a witness in the cases, and is free from any exit restrictions. "In fact, the National Immigration Agency did inform State Public Prosecutor General Chen Tsong-ming, Justice Minister Wang Ching-fong and me at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday of Hsing-yu's departure for New York," the spokesman added.

Prosecutor Chen said that the SCID didn't know the purpose of Chen Hsing-yu's travel to New York, and hasn't moved to understand the matter further.

In response to press reports that the former first family has sustained three bank accounts in the U.S., allegedly designed to facilitate international money laundering operations by the Chen family, Prosecutor Chen said it's inconvenient for him to release any bit of information on the matter because it's under investigation by the SCID.

On another front, Chen Hsing-yu told a correspondent of the Central News Agency in New York after arriving at the Newark's Liberty International Airport yesterday morning that she will attend the part-one test of the National Board Dental Examination today.

Chen Hsing-yu, daughter of detained ex-President Chen Shui-bian, left for New York from Taiwan's Taoyuan International Airport Saturday to pave the way for applying for advanced dentistry studies at U.S. universities.

She asked reporters not to bother her until after finishing the examination, and then she would talk more to reporters.

Chen Hsing-yu, a mother of three small children, was traveling alone, carrying one trunk and one suitcase.

Her departure came amid reports that she is mulling emigration overseas to escape an unfriendly society in Taiwan, as most of her family members are standing trial in separate corruption cases.

Chen Hsing-yu's husband Chao Chien-ming is on trial for insider trading, while her parents, younger brother and sister in-law were indicted on charges of corruption and money laundering in another case.

Chao visited his father-in-law, detained ex-President Chen, yesterday morning in the company of Chiang Chi-ming, secretary general of the Chen Shui-bian Office. Chao declined to respond to any questions from reporters during the entire visiting process.

Also yesterday, Chairwoman Tsai Ing-wen of the opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) urged people not to speculate about Chen Hsing-yu's departure for New York amid the absence of sufficient information on her departure.

Tsai said she is in no position to make comments on Chen's going abroad, because she didn't know the reason and purpose of Chen's travel to New York.

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