Wednesday, January 28, 2004
An executive at VIA Technologies Inc. appeared at the Taipei District Court to face spying charges, which he denied of doing it after initial investigation that the top VIA's management instructed them to work in D-Link Corp.
The accused, Jeffrey Chang said: "There were a few coincidences and misunderstandings, but we definitely did not do anything wrong." Chang worked for D-Link for about two years before returning to VIA in August 2001. Both Wang and Chen also appeared in Monday court summons and said they will cooperate with the investigation. If guilty, Wang and Chen could be sentenced to four years in prison, while Chang could be sentenced to three years, court officials said.
Wang Shu Wen, a D-Link official, said the company detected the alleged crime shortly after Chang quit the firm in August 2001, but she said that the firm had only wanted to take action against Chang. Prosecutors have accused VIA chairwoman Cher Wang and her husband, Wenchi Chen, the firm's president, of sending Chang to work D-Link with main initiative to secretly acquire chip-testing simulation software.
While D-Link expects VIA Technologies to pay NT$100 million to settle allegations that its chairwoman and its president stole software developed by D-Link. The court case will have no immediate impact on VIA's financial performance, the company said. VIA ended two quarters of losses last year with a NT$46.1 million profit in the three months to Sept. 30.
D-Link hopes to settle the dispute amicably, said the company's lawyer, Chang Yi Ming. D-Link makes networking equipment used to help personal computers exchange data and other information.
By: DocMemory
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