tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post5456772011230666150..comments2023-10-22T18:25:39.688+08:00Comments on The View from Taiwan: DOJ Heroically Seizes Assets of Family of Chen Shui-bianMichael Turtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-36560032034346266072012-11-19T12:30:21.859+08:002012-11-19T12:30:21.859+08:00I'm glad to see ICE is putting their effort wh...I'm glad to see ICE is putting their effort where it belongs rather than wasting time and money defending our borders and lands against illegal immigrants and drug smugglers.Readinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-57565541545530800202012-11-17T12:46:23.389+08:002012-11-17T12:46:23.389+08:00Here's a good background look at some criticis...Here's a good background look at some criticisms that have been raised regarding federal forfeiture - <br /><br />http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111903480904576512253265073870.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-85526688505674065552012-11-17T09:05:27.948+08:002012-11-17T09:05:27.948+08:00@SY ~ wow....did not know that. Thanks for your po...@SY ~ wow....did not know that. Thanks for your post and thanks for all your other great posts in the past as well. Keep'em coming.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-7370131737502143462012-11-17T07:55:12.551+08:002012-11-17T07:55:12.551+08:00Yesterday, there was another event that was time-s...Yesterday, there was another event that was time-sync'ed with this DOJ action:<br /><br />Taiwan's MOFA and MOJ held an "international press conference" to tell the international human rights community to back off and to not bother coming to visit CSB because a medical parole for CSB is "impossible".<br /><br />As well, the CPP-KMT media outlets tried very hard yesterday to suppress the revelation that Taipei Prison warden Fang Tzu-chieh (方子傑) was banqueting with the head of a clan of the Bamboos Union (竹聯幫), a "pariotic" (as Deng Xiaoping put it) gang of mainlander descendents (Wai-sheng-ren). This is/should be huge.<br /><br />The Taipei Prison warden Mr. Fang has been instrumental in implementing measures to abuse CSB in the prison, a.o., including the following:<br /><br />1. CSB was put in solitary confinement, except for 30 minutes outdoors a day on workdays.<br /><br /> The allowance has been extended to one hour long since August 2012 when international visitors were coming to visit him.<br /><br /> The international standard for solitary confinement requires daily exercise for at least one hour.<br /><br /> Furthermore, the 30 minute outdoor time was withheld during holidays and the long holidays of lunar new year, <br /><br /> Solitary confinement is the worst possible punishment, second only to death penalty.<br /><br />2. The cell where CBS has been held has been lit with bright light 24/7 non-stop. No time-telling device allowed.<br /><br /> The neurological and psychological consequences have been immeasurable.<br /><br />3. The 24/7 lit light is for the 24/7 video monitoring and taping of every move of CBS in the cell. The camera points directly to his private parts when he uses the dump hole.<br /><br /> CBS revealed this September to Prof. Dr. Shinn-Nan Lin (chief psychiatrist of NTU Hospital) that all the time he has been taking care to limit food and liquid intake to reduce the needs for urination and bowel movement in order to avoid the embarrassment in front of the camera.<br /><br /> The long-term physical strains and mental stress are extreme, according to the volunteer medical doctors who volunteered to form a medical advisory team in March 2012 to lend a medical supporting hand to CSB and his family. The above mentioned Dr. Lin is a member of the volunteer medical advisory team.<br /><br />4. After CBS was moved to the psychiatry ward of TVGH on Oct 24, 2012, the Taipei Prison warden Mr. Fang has been going to see CBS every day to tell him to agree to be moved back to Taipei Prison, claiming that the prison conditions would be improved. CBS feels threatened every day even while on psychiatry ward.<br /><br /> At times, the harassment of Mr. Fang lasts four hours a day, according to Prof Cheng-Deng Kuo who is a TVGH physician and an Emergency medicine professor. Without the specific instruction of the Ma regime, Mr. Fang wouldn't dare to utilize his work hours this way. Prof. Kuo is also a member of the said volunteer medical advisory team.<br /><br />For a long time, CSB was too proud to tell anyone about his plights in the prison. When receiving visitors, he tried to maintain a dignified appearance. His plights started to come to light early this year, when his "flu" persisted for months and a group of concerned medical doctors decided to volunteer to inquire and voice public concerns.<br /><br />-----<br />NOTE: references not provided to limit comment length.SYnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-64817279658528472792012-11-17T07:46:32.500+08:002012-11-17T07:46:32.500+08:00Extremely disappointing although, alas, not too su...Extremely disappointing although, alas, not too surprising.<br /><br />Sure hope the recent uptick in prominent persons stating the immediate need for CSB's release, on medical grounds, comes to fruition ASAP.Formosa Coweaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17558426893695375043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-64487975914758847752012-11-17T07:02:57.068+08:002012-11-17T07:02:57.068+08:00Some great questions there Michael. It's a pit...Some great questions there Michael. It's a pity that the mainstream media never bother asking them. David on Formosahttp://blog.taiwan-guide.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-86360010789810810422012-11-17T05:43:12.970+08:002012-11-17T05:43:12.970+08:00Unbelievable! Just simply unbelievable. But it'...Unbelievable! Just simply unbelievable. But it's true.<br />If you hadn't given the DOJ link I'm not sure I would have believed it.<br /><br /><br /> with U.S . Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)<br /><br />ICE Homeland Security Investigations (HSI)<br /><br />This case is part of the Justice Department’s Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Initiative.<br /><br />The case was investigated by ICE- HSI’s Foreign Corruption Investigations Group, the HSI Miami Asset Identification and Removal Group and the HSI Attaché Hong Kong, with assistance from the Taiwan Ministry of Justice, Special Investigations Division.<br /><br />As you mentioned they(ICE,HSI etc etc) should seize all assets of almost all Chinese who have invested in US. How about countries like Cambodia(Hun Sen and his friends/relatives)?<br /><br />Who decides which ones to go after? <br /><br />Has the DOJ seized even a penny from the Wall Street kleptocracy? <br /> <br />No. Because they have good lawyers, good connections and rights. Foreigners don't.<br /><br />Thanks for this post.yankdownundernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-3316117828227432622012-11-17T00:17:35.251+08:002012-11-17T00:17:35.251+08:00...and Bo Xilai too (I think you mean Wen Jia-bao)......and Bo Xilai too (I think you mean Wen Jia-bao). One could compile a long list of such cases, not one of which was ever touched by the DOJ. But Chen made an easy target, a sick, dying, defenseless old man in jail. Michael Turtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-25555166502961003622012-11-16T21:24:52.988+08:002012-11-16T21:24:52.988+08:00After the recent Times article about Hu Jin-Tao...After the recent Times article about Hu Jin-Tao's family wealth, I'm sure they'll go after him next...Robert R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12956389352825464115noreply@blogger.com