All three news reports are based on the same interview of 吳澧培 on Aug 30.
(1) 陈民峰, 独派藉兆丰银行遭美罚款案逼林全下台蔡英文保证追查到底. 法广, Aug 31, 2916.
http://cn.rfi.fr/%E6%B8%AF%E6%BE ... 5%E5%88%B0%E5%BA%95
Note:
(a) "独派累积对新政府人事安排的不满,借着兆丰案,强力炮轰不是民进党籍也非独派的行政院长林全,逼他下台"
(i) The real aim is president Tsai Ing-wen herself, who has been cavalier about her political base, taking it for granted.
(ii) 林全 (1951- ; 来自深蓝家庭; born and raised in 高雄市左营区的中华民国海军眷村; can not speak Taiwanese, which is very rare in Taiwan)
(iii) In response: 林全: "这要看谁来请我下台嘛." Then, 蔡英文在民进党中常会上力挺林全.
(b) "兆丰银行 [Mega Bank for short] 前身是国民党政府在大陆时期的交通银行 * * * 日前美国纽约州金融服务署(NYDFS)重罚兆丰银行纽约分行美金一亿八千万元 [$180 million] * * * 据了解,纽约金融服务署查出,2012年兆丰银行纽约分行曾汇款到兆丰在巴拿马的两家分行,共有74个可疑账户和174笔疑似洗钱的可疑汇款,依美国反恐法令,一定金额以上的汇款都必须申报,目的在切断国际恐怖组织的金流,但兆丰纽约分行被查出仅申报其中的64笔,110笔没有申报 * * * 纽约金融服务署虽然没有指控兆丰涉及洗钱,但认为银行没有主动申报就十分可疑。"
(i) Consent Order under New York Banking Law §§ 39 and 44. New York State Department of Financial Services, Aug 19, 2016.
www.dfs.ny.gov/about/ea/ea160819.pdf
(Mega International Commercial Bank Co, Ltd)
(A) Administrative fines imposed by an agency (of both a state and federal government) may be appealed to a court. A consent order negates such a right.
(B) New York Banking Law sections 39 and 44 are titled "Order of Suspension" and "Violations; penalties."
(C) The substantive laws violated are found in note 2 of page 3 of Consent Order. The are federal laws. CFR stands for Code of Federal Regulation.
(ii) To be fair, the consent order does not mention 74, 174, 64 and 110 -- or instances of money transfer.
(c) "事发时兆丰银行董事长、总经理 [徐光曦] 都是马英九任内指派 * * * 吴澧培重炮抨击林全任命兆丰总经理徐光曦升任董事长,并流弹四射,他说,蔡英文在国安团队、司法、财经领域,任用的都是前朝的人,根本是「请鬼拿药单」"
(i) The interview of 吴澧培 was conducted in a talkshow.
(A) 從兆豐金事件看政府失能. Hit Fm聯播網-周玉蔻《蔻蔻早餐》, Aug 30, 2016, starting 6:17 am.
https://www.facebook.com/Hit-Fm% ... 90-581140811952464/
(來賓|前總統府資政、美國銀行家 吳澧培; highlight [which is my word]: 前總統府資政吳澧培:林全不下台,蔡政府不會好)
吳澧培 was 總統府資政, a ceremonial, no-pay position invited by former president Chen Shui-bian.
(B) 【HITO LIVE 線上直播】2016/8/30《蔻蔻早餐》專訪吳澧培. YouTube.com, "streamed live" by "Hit Fm聯播網" on Aug 30, 2016.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-6OTvuV0N4
It is 49 minutes long; of course you should not view it.
(ii) On Aug 16, 2016 行政院院長 林全 promoted 徐光曦 to 兆丰银行董事长, from 兆丰银行总经理, although NYDFS examined Mega bank from January to March 2016. After NTDFS's sanction, 徐 came to New York State to investigate the scandal but was lambasted back in Taiwan as 自己查自己. On Aug 30, 2016 林 came out to defend 徐, who quit the next day (today: Aug 31) unexpectedly and without 林's prior knowledge.
(iii) "请鬼拿药单" is a Taiwanese idiom, meaning conflict of interest -- because ghost wants the patient to die.
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