Prosecutors Search Home of Yen Kuan-heng 被檢舉豪宅拋售疑「假交易」 顏寬恒遭搜索

Prosecutors say they got a tip that Yen Kuan-heng was living in an illegal structure and got another tip later on that he'd sold the property below market price in a fake transaction. Prosecutors have charged Yen with illegal occupation of real property and falsifying documents. Yen says this is political persecution.

The Taichung District Prosecutors Office searched the home of former lawmaker Yen Kuan-heng on the 28th and questioned Yen and his wife overnight. Bail for the couple is pending.

Chan Chang-hui, Deputy Chief Prosecutor, Taichung District Prosecutors Office: “The defendant, surnamed Yen, has been charged with illegal occupation of real property and forging documents. Mr. Yen and his wife, Ms. Chen, were questioned and bail of NT$10 million and NT$5 million bail, respectively, is pending.”

Taichung prosecutors say they received a tip when Yen announced he was running in the legislative by-election last year that his Shalu home was an illegal structure. The home was torn down after the election. The land and other structures were later sold below market price. Prosecutors say they recently got another tip that the sale was a fake transaction and therefore indicted Yen for unlawful occupation of real property and falsifying documents. Bail for Yen and his wife, NT$10 million and NT$5 million, respectively, is pending. In response, Yen criticized prosecutors for conducting a politically motivated investigation.

Yen Kuan-heng, Former Legislator (KMT): “The land in question had a legal lease attached to it. How the land was being used was completely legal. Where did the illegal occupation occur? This has everything to do with Yen Kuan-heng running for legislator and them wanting to take him down.”

Yen says the sale and purchase of the Shalu residence was completely above board and most of his personal possessions have already been removed from the premises. He also showed documents proving the land was legally acquired from the National Property Administration and says prosecutors overstepped their bounds searching the property. In addition, he found the timing of the investigation suspicious as everything happened right after he registered for the legislative by-election primary. Yen says he will protect his innocence in the face of political persecution.

前立委顏寬恒傳出被檢調搜索，台中檢方證實28日對顏寬恒的住家搜索，並約談顏寬恒夫婦，漏夜偵訊後兩人交保候傳。

台中地檢署襄閱主任檢察官詹常輝指出：「顏姓被告涉嫌竊占、偽造文書等罪嫌案件。經檢察官訊後，分別諭知顏姓被告其配偶陳姓被告，以新臺幣1000萬元、500萬元交保候傳。」

台中檢方接獲檢舉，顏寬恒在去年投入台中第2選區立委補選時，爆出沙鹿豪宅的違建爭議。選後顏寬恒僱工拆除違建，這處沙鹿豪宅的土地和地上物，也以低於市場行情的價格出售。但最近疑似又遭到檢舉，整個買賣的過程可能是假交易。檢方認定涉嫌竊占、偽造文書等罪嫌，顏寬恒夫婦各以1000萬和500萬交保候傳。顏寬恒也出面說明，批評檢方的調查有政治考量。

前國民黨立委顏寬恒質疑：「竊占國有地這部分，已經有一個合法的標租、合法的使用，怎麼會是竊占呢？（這是不是）對於因為顏寬恒要參選立委，登記了黨內提名，所以就對顏寬恒又做一個重重的打擊？」

顏寬恒強調，沙鹿的住宅整個買賣的過程一切合法，目前僅有部分的個人物品沒有搬走；也拿出證明表示，土地是向國產署合法標租，對檢調的搜索很難接受，尤其在他參與黨內初選登記之後，時間點更是敏感，一度拒絕交保。雖然即將面對政治司法案件，但還是會捍衛自己的清白。