FOUR ACCUSED OF TRANSASIA INSIDER TRADING|興航解散過程傳內線交易 檢起訴4人
Accusations of insider trading at TransAsia began soon after the airline closed down its operations with no warning last year. The Taipei District Prosecutors Office said that four people, including Ezfly chairman Chou Yu-wei as well as Transasia chairman Lin Ming-sheng's aunt, had known of the abnormal circumstances at TranAsia and sold off their shares to illegally avoid losses. They have now been indicted for violations to the Securities and Exchange Act. Though due to lack of evidence, neither Lin Ming-sheng or former Civil Aeronautics Administration Director-General Chang Kuo-cheng, were indicted. On Nov. 20 last year, as rumors began circulating that TransAsia Air was about to close, the airline's chairman Lin Ming-sheng immediately issued a statement denying the rumors. Former Civil Aeronautics Administration Director-General Chang Kuo-cheng also held press conferences on two consecutive days on possible plans to take over the airline. As these events greatly affected TransAsia's stock prices, both Lin and Chang were accused of insider trading and were questioned by the Taipei District Prosecutors Office. The prosecutors have now announced that neither will be indicted, citing lack of evidence. ==CHANG KUO-CHENG Fmr. Dir-Gen. CAA == My own feeling is that I never touched any of this. And the truth is I didn't do it. I really didn't do it. Chang and Lin have avoided prosecution, but the prosecutors have indicted others for insider trading. ==ARCHIVE VIDEO== Can you explain why you looked at the stocks? Who told you? Lin Min-sheng's aunt Lin Cheng Shan-shan was found to have sold TransAsia stocks with the knowledge that the company was in trouble, before any of the relevant information was publicly known. In addition, Chou Yu-wei and Liu Hsin-ping, the chairmen of two travel agencies partnered with TransAsia, also sold off their TransAsia stocks once they discovered ahead of the market that the company will cease all operations. The prosecutors said they all violated the Securities and Exchange Act. ==CHANG CHIEH-CHIN spokesperson, Taipei Dist. Prosecutors Office== The defendant surnamed Lin, and three others, gained knowledge of TransAsia's operations that would greatly impact its stock prices, and prior to the knowledge being made public, sold their TransAsia stocks to avoid losses. These all constitute insider trading. After Chou's indictment, his company EzFly issued a statement saying that he had sold his stocks simply to protect the interests of EzFly's shareholders. TransAsia's chairman Lin Ming-sheng was also accused of having made off with the company's assets, but the prosecutors have also closed their investigation into this matter saying that there was no evidence of wrongdoing. TRANSLATED BY：JOHN CHEN 復興航空去年無預警停飛、解散，接著更爆出內線交易疑雲，北檢介入偵辦，結果發現是興航董座林明昇的嬸嬸林鄭珊珊和易飛網董事長周育蔚等4人，在事先得知復興航空有異常情事，賣出股票，不法規避損失，被依違反證交法起訴，而興航董事長林明昇，前民航局長張國政等人，則因為罪證不足，獲得不起訴處分。 去年11月20日，復興航空被爆出停飛消息，興航第一時間，卻發出聲明否認，前民航局長張國政則是連續2天，在盤中針對是否接手復興航空，召開記者會，造成興航股價波動，當時兩人被質疑，涉嫌內線交易，先後遭到北檢約談，最後林明昇被查證，沒有散播不實資訊的惡意，而張國政則確實有在謀劃接手興航，因此檢方依認定罪證不足，對兩人做出不起訴處分。 == 前民航局長 張國政== 我自己所感受的就是 我從來沒有碰過這些東西 而且事實上我的確沒有做 就是真的沒有做 張國政和林明昇無罪脫身，不過，檢方細查發現，涉嫌內線交易的是另有其人。 ==NS 資料畫面== 可不可以說明 你為什麼看股票 是誰通知你的 林明昇的嬸嬸林鄭珊珊被查出，早就知道興航有財務危機，卻在公司還沒發布消息前，為了避損，就先賣出興航股票，另外，和復興航空合作的易飛網董事長周育蔚和百順旅遊董事長劉信平等人，比市場早一步知道復興航空要全線停飛，也搶先出脫股手中持股，這樣的行為，都被檢方認為違反證交法。 ==台北地檢署 發言人 張介欽== 林姓被告等四人 獲悉復興航空重大影響 其股票價格之利空消息 在該消息未公開前 賣出復興航空之股票以規避損失 核其所為 均構成內線交易犯嫌 周育蔚遭到起訴，易飛網發出聲明喊冤，強調周育蔚是為維護易飛網股東權益，才賣出所持有的興航股票，他本人絕無從中獲取利益，而復興航空停飛，不只爆出內線交易風波，甚至衍生出，興航董座林明昇被指控掏空復興航空資產等案，不過，檢方則是以查無犯罪事證，將案件簽結。 記者 蔡慧玲 應磊奇 台北
