台灣政府對陳水扁的處理受各方嚴厲指責

US lawmaker questions Chen treatment By William Lowther / Staff Reporter in Washington Fri, Apr 27, 2012 - Page 3 There is growing concern and anger in the US over the way that former Taiwanese president Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) is reportedly being treated in prison. Representative Edward Royce, a California Republican, has written to President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) appealing for Chen to be granted medical parole. Earlier this week, Human Rights Action Center founder Jack Healy published an opinion piece in the Huffington Post, saying the Taiwanese government was “engaging in willful medical neglect” of Chen. Shortly before that, -California Representative Dan Lungren asked the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission to intervene on Chen’s behalf. In his letter to Ma dated yesterday, Royce — a member of the US House of Representatives’ Foreign Affairs Committee and the Congressional Human Rights Caucus — cited “disturbing reports regarding the deterioration in the health and physical condition” of Chen. He said that Chen is suffering from prostate cancer, acute coronary syndrome and significantly reduced blood flow to the heart. Royce said that Chen is confined to a damp, undersized cell for nearly 24 hours a day under conditions that violate rules set for the treatment of prisoners by the UN. “I therefore respectfully request that you grant former president Chen medical parole in order to receive adequate medical treatment and to ensure the protection of human rights and civil liberties for all,” he added. Coen Blaauw, an official with the Washington-based Formosa Association for Public Affairs (FAPA), said: “There is a mounting chorus of indignation and anger in [US] Congress about the inhumane treatment of Chen. It is just terrible.” Published on Taipei Times : http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2012/04/27/2003531394   〈金恒煒專欄〉救扁成為團結運動 為什麼洪英花法官堅持並強調「扁案自始無效」？為什麼黃瑞華法官也撰文質疑司法沒有用平常心處理扁案？兩位法官都是從司法的程序正義以及罪刑法定主義出發，都是以法論法。要問的是，為什麼司法要用違法、違憲的手段處理扁案？只證成一件事：扁案是政治案件。扁案中政治介入的斧鑿痕跡斑斑，幾乎無案無之，令人髮指。 為了凸顯扁案是政治誅殺事件，只舉兩例來彰顯。 第一個例證。陳前總統被貼上貪腐的標籤，起於「國務機要費」；當年（○六年）藍調統媒日日揭弊、時時揭弊，遂而有紅衫軍之亂。然而，國務機要費已無罪定讞，那麼從媒體公審，到特偵組公然宣佈「辦不出來就走人」的追殺，到法務部長王清峰在司法節搬演陳前總統「貪腐」的短劇，製造「令人不安的如同馬戲的氣氛」（孔傑榮語），在在呈現司法政治化的事實。 第二個例證。特偵組聲押陳前總統是一回事，但是把陳前總統用手銬銬住送到聲押庭，絕對是政治操作。只要與陳前總統從北監到台南來奔喪相比，就看到特偵組的手銬是政治而非司法。從特偵組到台北地院，不過咫尺，要用手銬？從北監到台南，車程數小時之久，卻不用手銬！為什麼？更且，特偵組起訴陳前總統，在無罪推論原則之下，陳前總統最多、最多是待罪之身，為什麼要用手銬？陳前總統到台南悼祭時，龍潭案已判刑確定，正在服刑，反而不必手銬？為什麼？ 扁案就是馬英九為首的外省集團用司法迫害台灣人選出來的總統，事實就是這麼簡單。馬英九炮製貪腐冤獄，把陳總統押入大牢，對外向中國邀功，表示敵慨同仇。對內則妙用無窮：把扁貼上貪腐就轉移了中國國民黨貪腐的視聽；同時取消了陳八年的政績；更且製造綠營內部反扁與挺扁的矛盾。尤其把挺扁的打上挺貪腐，完全是活學活用中共的鬥爭手法與統戰伎倆。就這一點說，民進黨的應對扁案不只是可憐也可悲。 經過四年，陳水扁案的本質愈來愈清楚。不僅民進黨或綠營內反扁人士驚醒，即使藍營內也有人仗義執言；「搶救陳水扁」頓然成為重要的主流民意，尤其民進黨／綠營內部更是有志一同。 綠營中為什麼有特赦陳水扁的訴求？有人不認同特赦，認為是向馬英九求饒。然而，從另一角度來看，未嘗不是給馬英九一個「化解」的機會？扁案既是政治事件，特赦就是用政治解決政治，正當性十足。當然，特赦很難，不是馬英九說了算，還有站在馬後面的中國老大哥；務實來看，民進黨提出保外就醫，當然是比較可行而且容易成功的方式。 重要是，陳水扁是本土政黨唯一成功拿下八年執政的領袖，民進黨切割陳水扁不啻是自我閹割，同時也切割了整體戰力。從六年前開始，藍營統派藉抹黑扁貪腐而成功的攫取政治利益，拿到政權；民進黨沒有反擊、沒有維護正義，結果自食惡果，難道還要繼續錯下去？民進黨終於回應綠營特赦的呼聲，不僅天王們一一到北監探扁，也打出分進合擊救扁的策略。由「切割陳水扁」到「搶救陳水扁」，正見出民進黨的覺醒與轉折；陳水扁再度成為民進黨凝聚力量的核心。在救扁旗幟之下，才有團結可言，也才是回復創黨精神的落實。 （作者金恒煒為政治評論者）

Chen’s treatment ‘a tragedy’: US lawmaker

POLITICAL CRIMINALIZATION:：Steve Chabot’s remarks came after FAPA wrote to US President Barack Obama asking for his help in getting Chen Shui-bian paroled

By William Lowther / Staff reporter in Washington

Fri, Mar 30, 2012 - Page 3

A member of the US Congress said on Wednesday that he considered the plight of former Taiwanese president Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) to be a tragedy.

Addressing the US House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Representative Steve Chabot soundly condemned Chen’s treatment.

During a committee hearing into the threat of military and economic aggression from China, Chabot said: “I think the fact that the Taiwanese government has decided to move itself into the direction of the criminalization of politics is unfortunate.”

He added: “The previous president — president Chen Shui-bian — is still behind bars.”

“I think for an administration to come in and essentially jail the previous administration is a tragedy,” he said.

Chabot ended his statement — made during the question-and-answer period of the hearing — by saying that he thought the Ma administration should deal with Chen’s imprisonment “sooner rather than later.”

A Congressional staff member, who asked not to be quoted by name because he was not authorized to speak on this issue, said that he expected other members of the House to raise the Chen case.

He said sympathy for Chen was growing, following reports that he was in failing health and being held in a cell without a proper bed and without a table or chair.

The Formosan Association for Public Affairs (FAPA) appealed directly to US President Barack Obama last week to help Chen get medical parole so that he could receive hospital treatment.

So far, the White House has not responded.

Chen is currently serving a 17-and-a-half year term on two concurrent sentences related to corruption charges.

The former president was recently diagnosed with acute coronary syndrome, significantly reduced blood flow and a prostate tumor.

He is only allowed 30 minutes of outdoor exercise each day.

FAPA official Coen Blaauw characterized Chabot’s remarks during the Congressional hearing as “dramatic.”

“Chabot has been a very strong supporter of Taiwan. He has met Chen several times,” Blaauw said.

“There is growing awareness and growing concern among members of the US Congress about Chen’s imprisonment,” he said.

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