JULY 30, 2008
verdict announced: NOT GUILTY
The Tainan Disctrict Court announced today that it finds all the defendants in the "Tainan Science Park Vibration Mitigation" case not guilty.
According to Central News Agency (CNA) in Taiwan, the presiding judge supported his verdict on two main points. The first was that Dr. Shieh, former Deputy Minister of the National Science Council, could not be held solely responsible for the project due to the fact that both the Minister and the Prime Minister both officially approved and oversaw project. The second point was that the physical evidence presented to support the accusations was wrongly represented: one of the main pieces of evidence was a document that the prosecution claimed was confidentially and that Dr. Shieh purposely leaked it to the winning bidder. In fact, the document in question was from the beginning a publicly circulated, non-confidential document that was available to everyone involved on the project.
A note from Dr. Shieh:
I would like to express my comfort and deep appreciation for all the support and encouragement from all over the world. I would also like to say that the "Tainan Science Park Vibration Mitigation" project was an example of a pioneering and great achievement in vibration mitigation engineering in the world. Since the project was completed on October 31st of 2006, it has been working effectively to enable the continuation of work at the Tainan Science Park, which contributes several hundred of billions, even trillions of NT to Taiwan's economy.
Of course, the damage and insults that have occurred in the past two years cannot be erased. The results from the first phase have only been to show the innocence of all the defendants in this case. If justice still exists in Taiwan, I appeal to you to applaud to all people who participated in this project.
following from CNA:
【謝清志部落格新聞稿】2008/7/30
清白無罪 謝清志感欣慰
台南地方法院今日（卅日）就「南科高鐵減振工程案」一審宣判所有被告無罪。對此，被告前國科會副主委謝清志表示欣慰，並感謝各界二年來的支持與鼓勵。
謝清志表示，南科高鐵減振工程是世界創舉，也是世界減振工程上的成就，二○○六年十月卅一日完工後，目前正發揮功效，確保了南科數千億上看兆元的年產值。
謝清志認為，過去二年來「傷害」與「委屈」已造成，今日一審宣判結果，只是還所有被告一個清白；如果台灣社會還有「公道」，請不吝給予所有團隊成員應有的「掌聲」。
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