TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The Taipei District Prosecutors Office on Wednesday summoned TPP Legislator Chang Chi-kai (張啓楷) for questioning amid controversy surrounding a recording played by TPP Chair Huang Kuo-chang (黃國昌) in a legislative questioning session.
During a recent Legislative Yuan session, Huang played what is speculated to be audio from interrogations related to the Core Pacific City graft case while questioning Justice Minister Cheng Ming-chien (鄭銘謙), per Tai Sounds. The Ministry of Justice later accused Huang of undermining public trust in prosecutors and compromising the impartiality of the judicial system.
The ministry also warned that if lawyers involved in the case had leaked actual interrogation recordings, they could face legal consequences. Although Huang claimed he produced the tape himself, Chang said he had listened to the official interrogation tapes multiple times and asserted that the TPP would eventually disclose them.
Chang said the party’s goal was to expose what was played in court, but the potential disclosure of confidential materials prompted prosecutors to summon him as a witness.
The court subsequently reviewed interrogation recordings of former Dingyue Development Corp Chair Chu Ya-hu (朱亞虎), recorded in September and October. While some sections showed similarities with Huang’s tape, the content and tone of the official recordings were different, per Liberty Times.
The request to inspect these tapes was filed by Core Pacific Group founder Sheen Ching-jing (沈慶京).
In response to discrepancies between the official recordings and his recording, Huang reiterated that his clips were not actual recordings but recreations meant to illustrate aggressive questioning, per TVBS. He added that prosecutors had admitted to pressuring Chu, though that portion was not presented during court proceedings.
Huang has since called on the prosecution to release the full interrogation recordings for transparency.
TPP official Chai Pen-chiao (翟本喬) weighed in, noting that Chu’s legal team had previously accused prosecutors of using leading questions, per NOWNews. He also alleged that the prosecution’s focus on related city council meeting records appeared to be a tactic aimed at prolonging the detention of former Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲), who is among the defendants.
