Swiss Information Service, The Swiss government has granted judicial assistance to Taiwan over a corruption affair, rejecting an appeal by main suspect Andrew Wang.
Earlier this month the Swiss Federal Court ruled that judicial assistance could be given to Taipei since it had given assurances that the death penalty would not be invoked against Wang.
The affair involves the controversial $2.5 billion (SFr3.25 billion) sale of six frigates to Taiwan by the French former state-owned firm, Elf Aquitaine. It goes back to 1991.
It is alleged that Elf Aquitaine used kickbacks to persuade French and Taiwanese authorities to approve the sale of the warships. These were to be sold via another French firm, Thomson-CSF, for which Wang
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