Unprecedented! The main suspect in a money laundering case has been granted permission by the court to call 720 witnesses. Attorney Li Xin explains the Money Laundering Prevention Act and the relevant regulations for calling witnesses.

Unprecedented! The main suspect in a money laundering case has been granted permission by the court to summon 720 witnesses | FTV News reporter Huang Guocheng

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Taiwan's largest cryptocurrency exchange, "CoinThink Technology," is involved in money laundering of NT$2.3 billion. A total of 14 people, including the main suspect Shih Chi-jen, have been indicted. The main suspect's defense lawyer questioned the inadmissibility of the police interrogation records of the victims as evidence and unprecedentedly requested 1,544 victims to testify in court. The court filtered out half of them and finally granted a rare hearing for 720 witnesses. The trial is scheduled to last nine days from January to April next year, with eighty people expected to testify each time.

Attorney Li Xin of Fidelity Law Firm stated that this case involves the Anti-Money Laundering Act. In criminal trials, although defense lawyers or prosecutors can summon a majority of witnesses to testify in court, the court also has discretion to consider whether each summoned witness is necessary. In this case, because the evidentiary value of the victims' testimonies during the investigation was disputed by the defense lawyer, the prosecution originally summoned thousands of victims to testify. However, the court may have considered the travel expenses and time costs associated with summoning witnesses based on their place of residence, and therefore initially arranged to summon 720 of them to testify.

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