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Detained Taiwan diplomat's lawyer plea bargaining for deportation
2011/11/18 10:51:15
Kansas City, Nov. 17 (CNA) A Taiwanese diplomat who has been detained in Kansas City since Nov. 10 on charges of violating U.S. labor laws may be deported in the next few days, a major progress in the controversial case, her lawyer said Thursday.
Attorney James Wirken said he has reached a plea bargain agreement with prosecutors in the case involving Jacqueline Liu, director-general of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) in Kansas City.
Liu waived her right to bond during a hearing at a federal district court on her case Wednesday and thus was remanded in custody.
After his discussion with U.S. prosecutors, Wirken said, Liu has agreed to plead guilty to the charge of foreign labor fraud.
Liu was charged in federal court on Nov. 10 with fraud in foreign labor contracting, an offense that carries a penalty of up to five years in prison and a maximum fine of US$250,000.
Wirken said he is seeking to have Liu placed on probation and deported.
"We are going to plead guilty to the single charge that's against her," he said.
One of the agreements reached with prosecutors was that Liu has to pay her Filipina housekeeper, Wirken said, but he did not disclose the amount of the proposed payment.
The federal district court for the Western District of Missouri is scheduled to hold a waiver and plea hearing at 10 a.m. Friday, Kansas time.
If the judge agreed to the plea bargain terms, Wirken said, the curtain would fall on the Liu case. (By Tony Liao, Oscar Wu and Sofia Wu) enditem /pc
略過巡覽連結Home > Politics >
Detained Taiwan diplomat's lawyer plea bargaining for deportation
2011/11/18 10:51:15
Kansas City, Nov. 17 (CNA) A Taiwanese diplomat who has been detained in Kansas City since Nov. 10 on charges of violating U.S. labor laws may be deported in the next few days, a major progress in the controversial case, her lawyer said Thursday.
Attorney James Wirken said he has reached a plea bargain agreement with prosecutors in the case involving Jacqueline Liu, director-general of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) in Kansas City.
Liu waived her right to bond during a hearing at a federal district court on her case Wednesday and thus was remanded in custody.
After his discussion with U.S. prosecutors, Wirken said, Liu has agreed to plead guilty to the charge of foreign labor fraud.
Liu was charged in federal court on Nov. 10 with fraud in foreign labor contracting, an offense that carries a penalty of up to five years in prison and a maximum fine of US$250,000.
Wirken said he is seeking to have Liu placed on probation and deported.
"We are going to plead guilty to the single charge that's against her," he said.
One of the agreements reached with prosecutors was that Liu has to pay her Filipina housekeeper, Wirken said, but he did not disclose the amount of the proposed payment.
The federal district court for the Western District of Missouri is scheduled to hold a waiver and plea hearing at 10 a.m. Friday, Kansas time.
If the judge agreed to the plea bargain terms, Wirken said, the curtain would fall on the Liu case. (By Tony Liao, Oscar Wu and Sofia Wu) enditem /pc
