Former Taiwan leader Ma indicted
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PROSECUTORS in Taiwan yesterday indicted the island’s ex-leader Ma Ying-jeou over the leaking of classified information involving suspected influence peddling by a powerful opposition lawmaker.
The Taipei District Public Prosecutor’s Office found after a six-month probe that Ma broke laws on the protection of personal information, release of secrets and communications security and surveillance, office spokesman Chang Chieh-chin said.
Ma, 66, a US-educated legal scholar, was credited with substantially improving Taiwan’s relations with China’s mainland during his two terms in office from 2008 to 2016.
Ma’s indictment comes more than a year after his Kuomintang party was defeated at the polls by the Democratic Progressive Party.
The charges against Ma stem from a 2013 lawsuit brought by DPP lawmaker Ker Chien-ming. Ker accused Ma of leaking information taken from a wiretapped conversation in which Kuomintang lawmaker Wang Jin-pyng pressed judicial officials to acquit Ker in a separate case.
The charges against Ma carry a maximum sentence of three years each.
Ma was barred in June from visiting Hong Kong under a law restricting travel by former top officials for three years after leaving office. Ma spokesperson Hsu Chao-hsin said the former leader’s denial of the accusations was rejected by prosecutors.
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