Former Legislator Chen Ou-po Sentenced to 16 Years for Corruption, Court Criticizes Official Misconduct
Former Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Chen Ou-po was sentenced by the Taipei District Court to 16 years in prison and deprived of civil rights for 6 years, for bribery and fraudulently claiming assistant expenses. His illegal gains exceeded NT$8 million. His wife, Hsu Hui-yu, was also sentenced to 4 years and 6 months in prison and deprived of civil rights for 3 years. The case involved receiving millions in bribes disguised as consulting fees from Hung Ying-cheng, chairman of Lianxing International Logistics and the Commercial Port Association, and performing official duties in the Legislative Yuan in return. Additionally, Chen received a NT$500,000 bribe from a car rental association and, along with his wife and assistants, fraudulently claimed over NT$3.32 million in public assistant subsidies. Hsu Hui-yu also embezzled NT$1.1 million from an association. Hung Ying-cheng and other co-conspirators were also sentenced or given probation.
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The Taipei District Court has deliberated on the cases involving former Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Chen Ou-po for bribery and fraudulent claims of assistant expenses, finding his illegal gains to exceed NT$8 million. Today, the court sentenced Chen Ou-po to 16 years in prison and deprived him of civil rights for 6 years. The court criticized Chen Ou-po for corrupting official integrity by seeking illegal gains.
The Taipei District Court's judgment indicates that Chen Ou-po committed the crime of receiving bribes and illicit gains in a non-violation of duties under the Anti-Corruption Act, for which he was sentenced to 9 years and 6 months in prison and deprived of civil rights for 6 years. He also committed the crime of receiving bribes in a non-violation of duties under the Anti-Corruption Act, for which he was sentenced to 8 years in prison and deprived of civil rights for 5 years. Unrecovered criminal proceeds of NT$4,695,922 will be confiscated, or their value pursued if confiscation is not possible or appropriate.
According to the judgment, Chen Ou-po committed three counts of public officials jointly abusing their positions to defraud property, resulting in sentences of 3 years and 8 months, 3 years and 10 months, and 3 years and 10 months, respectively, with deprivation of civil rights for 4 years for each count. The confiscated criminal proceeds of NT$1,661,945 will be forfeited. Chen Ou-po is to serve a combined sentence of 16 years in prison and be deprived of civil rights for 6 years.
Furthermore, Chen Ou-po's wife, Hsu Hui-yu, committed three counts of non-public officials jointly abusing their positions with public officials to defraud property, resulting in sentences of 3 years and 7 months, 3 years and 9 months, and 3 years and 9 months, respectively, with deprivation of civil rights for 3 years for each count. She also committed the crime of embezzlement for public interest, for which she was sentenced to 2 years in prison. Unrecovered criminal proceeds of NT$1.1 million will be confiscated, or their value pursued if confiscation is not possible or appropriate. Hsu Hui-yu is to serve a combined sentence of 4 years and 6 months in prison and be deprived of civil rights for 3 years.
The judgment states that Chen Ou-po served as a legislator for three terms from February 2012 to January 2024, and as a member of the Transportation Committee from February 24, 2015.
According to the judgment, Chen Ou-po learned that Hung Ying-cheng, chairman of Lianxing International Logistics and the Commercial Port Association, was seeking to smoothly promote resolutions of the Commercial Port Association meetings. Chen actively solicited illicit gains, and from November 6, 2015, to July 6, 2020, through the account of his parliamentary office consultant, Hung Wen-tsung, he received bribes totaling NT$2,845,922 from Hung Ying-cheng under the guise of consulting fees.
During this period, Chen Ou-po, at Hung Ying-cheng's request, successively engaged in official acts such as proposing and questioning regarding the cancellation of the Kaohsiung Intercontinental Container Terminal public recruitment case, reducing port area land rent and overcharged retirement funds, pandemic relief plans, 2019 land use fees, building rent and management fees, and the amendment of Article 72 of the Commercial Port Act.
According to the judgment, after the amendment to the Commercial Port Act was passed, Chen Ou-po proactively mentioned to Hung Ying-cheng that Hung Wen-tsung had left his office and requested that the money be remitted to the account of another parliamentary office consultant, Hsu Jen-tu (who died during the investigation and was not prosecuted). Hung Ying-cheng subsequently remitted a total of NT$1.35 million from May 6, 2021, to July 6, 2023.
The judgment further stated that Hsiao Ming-jen, chairman of the Car Rental Industry Quality Assurance Association, and others (Wang Shih-chang, Xue Peng-sheng, Wu Ta-hung) hoped that the Ministry of Transportation and Communications would postpone or not implement relevant provisions of the "Motor Vehicle Transportation Industry Management Regulations." On September 27, 2018, they went to the Legislative Yuan to ask Chen Ou-po for assistance in convening a coordination meeting and handed over NT$500,000 in cash. Chen Ou-po accepted the bribe under the name of a donation to the Yilan Association.
According to the judgment, Chen Ou-po, his wife Hsu Hui-yu, and six assistants jointly defrauded NT$3,323,890 in public assistant subsidies by falsely inflating salaries for private use. In addition, Hsu Hui-yu, while serving as a director of the Taiwan Jin-Yilan Development Association, embezzled NT$1.1 million of the association's property.
The Taipei District Prosecutors Office indicted Chen Ou-po, Hsu Hui-yu, and 14 others last August on charges including receiving bribes and illicit gains in official duties, defrauding property by abusing positions, money laundering, and public embezzlement under the Anti-Corruption Act.
The Taipei District Court announced its first-instance verdict today. Considering that Chen Ou-po and Hsu Hui-yu only admitted to fraudulently claiming assistant expenses but denied other charges, they were sentenced to 16 years and 4 years and 6 months respectively. Hung Ying-cheng admitted to delivering illicit gains and tax evasion, and returned the criminal proceeds. He was sentenced to 2 years for tax evasion, with an additional fine of NT$6,000, and given 5 years of probation, conditional on paying NT$1 million to the public treasury. The prosecution against Hung Wen-tsung was dismissed due to his death. Lianxing Company accountants Ye and Wang were found not guilty.
Regarding other bribery charges, Hsiao Ming-jen was sentenced to 5 months with 2 years probation and ordered to pay NT$50,000 to the public treasury; Wang Shih-chang was sentenced to 6 months; Xue Peng-sheng was sentenced to 5 months with 2 years probation and ordered to pay NT$50,000 to the public treasury; Wu Ta-hung was sentenced to 3 months with 2 years probation.
Regarding the fraudulent assistant expense claims, Wang Wan-chuan was sentenced to 2 years with 4 years probation and ordered to pay NT$10,000 to the public treasury; Li Chia-yu, Ma Shu-chun, and Wei Yi-ju were all sentenced to 1 year and 9 months with 3 years probation and ordered to pay NT$8,000 to the public treasury; Chen Wan-jou and Huang Chia-chen were both sentenced to 1 year with 3 years probation and ordered to pay NT$5,000 to the public treasury.
The Taipei District Court's judgment indicates that Chen Ou-po committed the crime of receiving bribes and illicit gains in a non-violation of duties under the Anti-Corruption Act, for which he was sentenced to 9 years and 6 months in prison and deprived of civil rights for 6 years. He also committed the crime of receiving bribes in a non-violation of duties under the Anti-Corruption Act, for which he was sentenced to 8 years in prison and deprived of civil rights for 5 years. Unrecovered criminal proceeds of NT$4,695,922 will be confiscated, or their value pursued if confiscation is not possible or appropriate.
According to the judgment, Chen Ou-po committed three counts of public officials jointly abusing their positions to defraud property, resulting in sentences of 3 years and 8 months, 3 years and 10 months, and 3 years and 10 months, respectively, with deprivation of civil rights for 4 years for each count. The confiscated criminal proceeds of NT$1,661,945 will be forfeited. Chen Ou-po is to serve a combined sentence of 16 years in prison and be deprived of civil rights for 6 years.
Furthermore, Chen Ou-po's wife, Hsu Hui-yu, committed three counts of non-public officials jointly abusing their positions with public officials to defraud property, resulting in sentences of 3 years and 7 months, 3 years and 9 months, and 3 years and 9 months, respectively, with deprivation of civil rights for 3 years for each count. She also committed the crime of embezzlement for public interest, for which she was sentenced to 2 years in prison. Unrecovered criminal proceeds of NT$1.1 million will be confiscated, or their value pursued if confiscation is not possible or appropriate. Hsu Hui-yu is to serve a combined sentence of 4 years and 6 months in prison and be deprived of civil rights for 3 years.
The judgment states that Chen Ou-po served as a legislator for three terms from February 2012 to January 2024, and as a member of the Transportation Committee from February 24, 2015.
According to the judgment, Chen Ou-po learned that Hung Ying-cheng, chairman of Lianxing International Logistics and the Commercial Port Association, was seeking to smoothly promote resolutions of the Commercial Port Association meetings. Chen actively solicited illicit gains, and from November 6, 2015, to July 6, 2020, through the account of his parliamentary office consultant, Hung Wen-tsung, he received bribes totaling NT$2,845,922 from Hung Ying-cheng under the guise of consulting fees.
During this period, Chen Ou-po, at Hung Ying-cheng's request, successively engaged in official acts such as proposing and questioning regarding the cancellation of the Kaohsiung Intercontinental Container Terminal public recruitment case, reducing port area land rent and overcharged retirement funds, pandemic relief plans, 2019 land use fees, building rent and management fees, and the amendment of Article 72 of the Commercial Port Act.
According to the judgment, after the amendment to the Commercial Port Act was passed, Chen Ou-po proactively mentioned to Hung Ying-cheng that Hung Wen-tsung had left his office and requested that the money be remitted to the account of another parliamentary office consultant, Hsu Jen-tu (who died during the investigation and was not prosecuted). Hung Ying-cheng subsequently remitted a total of NT$1.35 million from May 6, 2021, to July 6, 2023.
The judgment further stated that Hsiao Ming-jen, chairman of the Car Rental Industry Quality Assurance Association, and others (Wang Shih-chang, Xue Peng-sheng, Wu Ta-hung) hoped that the Ministry of Transportation and Communications would postpone or not implement relevant provisions of the "Motor Vehicle Transportation Industry Management Regulations." On September 27, 2018, they went to the Legislative Yuan to ask Chen Ou-po for assistance in convening a coordination meeting and handed over NT$500,000 in cash. Chen Ou-po accepted the bribe under the name of a donation to the Yilan Association.
According to the judgment, Chen Ou-po, his wife Hsu Hui-yu, and six assistants jointly defrauded NT$3,323,890 in public assistant subsidies by falsely inflating salaries for private use. In addition, Hsu Hui-yu, while serving as a director of the Taiwan Jin-Yilan Development Association, embezzled NT$1.1 million of the association's property.
The Taipei District Prosecutors Office indicted Chen Ou-po, Hsu Hui-yu, and 14 others last August on charges including receiving bribes and illicit gains in official duties, defrauding property by abusing positions, money laundering, and public embezzlement under the Anti-Corruption Act.
The Taipei District Court announced its first-instance verdict today. Considering that Chen Ou-po and Hsu Hui-yu only admitted to fraudulently claiming assistant expenses but denied other charges, they were sentenced to 16 years and 4 years and 6 months respectively. Hung Ying-cheng admitted to delivering illicit gains and tax evasion, and returned the criminal proceeds. He was sentenced to 2 years for tax evasion, with an additional fine of NT$6,000, and given 5 years of probation, conditional on paying NT$1 million to the public treasury. The prosecution against Hung Wen-tsung was dismissed due to his death. Lianxing Company accountants Ye and Wang were found not guilty.
Regarding other bribery charges, Hsiao Ming-jen was sentenced to 5 months with 2 years probation and ordered to pay NT$50,000 to the public treasury; Wang Shih-chang was sentenced to 6 months; Xue Peng-sheng was sentenced to 5 months with 2 years probation and ordered to pay NT$50,000 to the public treasury; Wu Ta-hung was sentenced to 3 months with 2 years probation.
Regarding the fraudulent assistant expense claims, Wang Wan-chuan was sentenced to 2 years with 4 years probation and ordered to pay NT$10,000 to the public treasury; Li Chia-yu, Ma Shu-chun, and Wei Yi-ju were all sentenced to 1 year and 9 months with 3 years probation and ordered to pay NT$8,000 to the public treasury; Chen Wan-jou and Huang Chia-chen were both sentenced to 1 year with 3 years probation and ordered to pay NT$5,000 to the public treasury.