TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The Control Yuan ruled Tuesday that KMT Legislator Yen Kuan-heng (顏寬恒) deliberately hid three assets, imposing a NT$2.9 million (US$94,000) fine.

The oversight body said Yen failed to report two vehicles registered under another person’s name and one business investment as of Jan. 31, 2020, per CNA.

Yen rejected the accusation, calling it a politically motivated witch hunt by the DPP government. He said prosecutors, the judiciary, and now the Control Yuan were being used as tools of political persecution.

The lawmaker argued that he had made a comprehensive declaration covering his real estate, savings, insurance, and stock holdings, saying it would be illogical to deliberately omit minor assets after reporting much larger ones.

The agency stressed that all public servants are legally required to provide accurate asset disclosures, per Liberty Times. In Yen’s case, investigators determined that his failure to declare the two cars and the investment amounted to intentional concealment.

Separately, the Control Yuan also fined Criminal Investigation Bureau Chief Chou Yu-wei (幼偉申) NT$280,000 (US$9,100) for filing a false asset report. It said Chou failed to declare one personal deposit, one deposit belonging to his spouse, seven stock holdings, 21 mutual fund certificates, one other security, and one insurance policy.

According to Article 12, Paragraph 1 of the Act on Property-Declaration by Public Servants, any person obligated to declare assets who intentionally conceals property and makes a false declaration shall be fined between NT$200,000 and NT$4 million.