Suspect in Green Energy Fraud Case Turns Self In

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Politician-turned-businessperson Chen Chi-yu has turned himself in after weeks on the run from charges of defrauding Taiyen Green Energy, a state-linked company he once chaired.

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00:0024 days after he disappeared, Chen Xiyu is back to face corruption charges.

00:06He's accused of helping defraud 34 million U.S. dollars from Taiyan Green Energy, a company

00:11with government links he chaired from 2016 to 2021.

00:15While four other suspects are in custody, Chen skipped the court date for his detention

00:19hearing in early November, leading to a warrant for his arrest.

00:23Amid suspicions he'd fled the country, he finally turned himself in to prosecutors in

00:27Tainan on Monday.

00:29This time, his detention is a sure thing.

00:40The court has agreed.

00:42But there's more to this case, an added political dimension brought on by Chen's many years

00:46in public office and Taiyan Green Energy's links to the state.

00:50Until last year, Chen was affiliated with the ruling Democratic Progressive Party, serving

00:54for some years as a lawmaker for it.

00:57And while Chen's real involvement in the case is something the court will have to decide,

01:01his political past has figures in both the ruling and opposition camps weighing in.

01:07Many people's opinions, including mine, are that if Chen is like this, it's possible

01:11that he'll end up in the same cell.

01:13But he has some other money.

01:16Where did it go?

01:17Do we have to hide the money and hand it over?

01:21Then he'll end up in the same cell.

01:23I'm afraid if we keep investigating, more things will come to light.

01:26I've been avoiding the case for 25 days.

01:29In fact, the Democratic Progressive Party is still in the dark.

01:32But we also hope that Chen will be brave enough to face justice in the future.

01:36Of course, the prosecution and the court also appeal to the Democratic Progressive Party

01:39that in the future, if necessary, we will press charges against him and do what needs to be done.

01:46With a major suspect in custody, the court is now faced with untangling a complex, and

01:50maybe politically charged, puzzle.

01:53Luffy Lee and John Van Triest for Taiwan Plus.

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