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Monday, December 08, 2014

High Court rejects appeal in frigate kickbacks case

Lafayette class FFGThe Taiwan High Court on Saturday rejected an appeal by jailed Navy Captain Kuo Li-heng (郭力恆), upholding an earlier decision for a 15-year prison term with a NT$200 million (US$64,290) fine.

Kuo was convicted in connection with the Lafayette frigate procurement scandal for receiving NT$1.1 billion in kickbacks for brokering the deal to purchase six Lafayette-class frigates from France in 1991.

After the court sentencing this April, Kuo lodged a motion to object — as the High Court imposed an additional six months of jail time in lieu of paying the NT$200 million fine — as Kuo said he does not have the money to pay the fine.

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