After receiving Taiwan’s request for mutual legal assistance in late August, the court of the British Crown Dependency decided Sept. 2 to take possession of the illicit payment that Wang Chuan-pu, also known as Andrew Wang, and his son Wang Chia-hsing deposited in the island’s local bank.
Chen Hung-ta, head of the Special Investigation Division, said, “The Royal Court will maintain saisie judiciare over the money until a final ruling is reached in Taiwan. We will ask Jersey to remit the unlawful gains to the ROC as soon as the Wangs are pronounced guilty.”
Suspected of receiving huge unauthorized commissions from French sales of Mirage jet fighters and Lafayette frigates to Taiwan, Wang, his wife and four children have been charged with corruption and murder. The six fugitives are believed to be residing abroad, according to sources.
In addition to over US$700 million frozen in an account in Switzerland, the arms dealer has been found to have accounts for his arms sales kickbacks in the Cayman Islands, Luxembourg and Saudi Arabia, prosecutors said. (THN)
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