Taipei, Dec. 16 (CNA) A ruling Kuomintang legislator asked the Control Yuan Friday to look into whether opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen was involved in profiteering during her stint as vice premier in the previous DPP administration. Chiu Yi visited the watchdog body in charge of monitoring government operations and officials' behavior to push for a probe into Tsai's role in the government's investment in the biotech startup TaiMed Biologics in 2007. Chiu, an outspoken critic of the DPP, which was in power 2000-2008, also asked Control Yuan member Yeh Yao-peng to simultaneously investigate whether two other former officials were involved in the National Development Fund's (NDF's) investment in TaiMed, of which Tsai served as chairwoman for several months after she stepped down from the vice premiership in May 2007. The lawmaker was referring to Ho Mei-yueh, a former minister of the Council for Economic Planning and Development, which oversees NDF operations, and Ho Chun-hui, a former NDF deputy executive secretary. Chiu demanded that the Control Yuan get to the bottom of whether the three former officials abused their power or used unethical methods for personal gain during their service in the DPP administration. Chiu and his KMT colleagues suspect that Tsai might have manipulated the NDF investment in TaiMed during her tenure as vice premier to pave the way for her takeover of the venture's chairmanship after leaving the Cabinet post. According to the KMT lawmakers, Tsai is in violation of the "revolving door" regulation that bans government officials from working for the businesses under their supervision within three years of retiring from the public sector. (By Emmanuelle Tzeng and Sofia Wu)
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