INVESTIGATION OF ILLEGAL OR IMPROPER ACTIVITIES IN CONNECTION WITH 1996 FEDERAL ELECTION CAMPAIGNS 政府事务委员会的最终报告 SENATE Rept. 105-167 - 105th Congress 2d Session - March 10, 1998

   

    参议员格伦，莱文，利伯曼，阿卡卡，德宾，托里切利和克莱兰德第7章的少数派观点.......................... 5573调查结果..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 5573 Sioeng与中国的联系...................................................................................................................................................5574 The ``China Plan'' and Ted Sioeng............................ 5576 The Sioeng Family's Contributions to Matt Fong in April 1995。5576Sioeng 1995年4月对方的贡献的来源……5578 Fong安排Sioeng会见演讲者Gingrich ...................................................... 5578 Sioeng家族对国家政策论坛的贡献。................................................................................... 5579 Sioeng家族于1995年12月对Matt Fong的贡献............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 5580 JESSICA ELNITIARA对DNC的贡献.................................................................................................................................. Hay Adams筹款活动.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 5582 Sheraton Carlton Hotel活动.........................................................................................................................................................事件和随后的$ 50,000捐款... 5583结论..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................第7章：印尼出生的商人Ted Sioeng Ted Sioeng，不是美国公民或合法居民，以及Sioeng家族的其他成员，他们是美国法律永久居民在1990年代为共和党和民主组织做出了贡献。 Sioeng has longstanding relationships with business interests in the People's Republic of China (``PRC'') and owns a pro-PRC newspaper in California. The circumstances surrounding the Sioeng family's donations paint a disturbing picture of fundraisers from both political parties assiduously courting an individual (Sioeng) who, because of his status as a foreign national, has no ability to make or direct legal contributions under U.S. election laws. Ted Sioeng and his family vigorously deny acting on behalf of the Chinese government or pursuant to any plan to illegally influence U.S. elections. Sioeng initially agreed to cooperate with the Committee's investigation of the allegations involving him and his family, and his daughter Jessica Elnitiarta--a legal permanent resident of the U.S.--provided a voluntary interview. After apparent leaks to the press of information provided in this interview, however, Sioeng's attorney advised against additional voluntary interviews. When the Committee issued a subpoena for the deposition testimony of Jessica Elnitiarta, her counsel refused to comply, invoking her Fifth Amendment right not to offer self-incriminating testimony. As a result, much of the following information was pieced together from sources other than Sioeng or his family. Based on the evidence before the Committee, we make the following findings with respect to political contributions from Sioeng and related persons: findings (1) The evidence before the Committee strongly suggests that Ted Sioeng, a foreign national, was directly or indirectly involved in a number of contributions to Democrats and Republicans. (2) Matt Fong, California State Treasurer, did not exercise appropriate diligence in personally soliciting and receiving $100,000 in contributions from Sioeng and a $50,000 contribution to NPF from a Sioeng-owned company. Fong has since returned the $100,000 he received; NPF has reportedly returned the $50,000 it received. (3) The evidence before the Committee does not allow for any conclusion as to whether Sioeng served as a conduit for contributions from any foreign government, including the Government of China. (4) Sioeng's contributions enabled Sioeng and his associates to gain access to senior figures in both the Democratic and Republican parties, including President Clinton, Vice President Gore, and House Speaker Gingrich. ted sioeng's background News accounts of the development of Ted Sioeng's far-flung business empire portray him as an entrepreneur who has relied heavily on partnerships with Chinese government-sponsored enterprises and licensure agreements. According to several accounts, Sioeng's first business ventures in the 1960s involved the production of foam rubber in Indonesia.1In the early 1970s, as China began to open to outside investment, Sioeng began selling used cigarette-making equipment to tobacco companies in China's Yunnan Province.2Later, Sioeng also sold to China medical, toy, and other manufacturing equipment acquired in the U.S. and Canada.3In the early 1980s, a Chinese provincial government granted him a license to sell a cigarette brand popular in China, Hongtashan (Red Pagoda), in non-Chinese markets.4Sioeng manufactured the cigarettes in Indonesia and distributed them in Asia and, later, the United States.5Sioeng has also established a joint venture with the Chinese government in Singapore.6--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Footnotes at end of chapter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- In 1987, Sioeng's wife, Sundari Elnitiarta, acquired an immigration visa and moved to Los Angeles with their five children.7One of their daughters, Jessica Elnitiarta, is particularly active in Sioeng's business affairs and is a legal permanent resident of the U.S. Sioeng himself never acquired permanent resident status, although he appears to have spent a substantial amount of time in the United States.8在1990年代，Sioeng家族在美国创建或收购了许多企业，包括在加利福尼亚州圣安娜的Grand National Bank的一部分，以及一家房地产开发公司Panda Estate Investments，该公司在Los拥有许多物业安吉利斯地区。9In almost all cases, Sioeng has provided his adult children and/or their spouses with the money to purchase these businesses.10sioeng's connections to china Although not an ethnic Chinese, Ted Sioeng was raised in Indonesia by ethnic Chinese parents and is strongly attached to China. ``His appearance is not Chinese, but he speaks Chinese, he practices Chinese culture and he most certainly has a Chinese heart,'' reports Daniel Gu, president of UCLA's 1,000- member Chinese Students and Scholars Association.11Sioeng很容易同意这项评估，并被引用说：``我没有一滴中国血液，但我有一颗中国的心。''12Sioeng在1970年代和1980年代培养了他在中国的商业利益时，他向中国政府官员赠送了礼物，并帮助为社区项目（例如学校）提供资金。13Many observers have noted that the Chinese government cultivates allies by awarding them lucrative concessions. ``China is very good at using people,'' says one prominent Chinatown businessman in Los Angeles. ``They give businessmen some kind of special privilege or business advantage so that these people work for China.''14Even joint ventures with putatively ``private'' enterprises in China raise the specter of government involvement. ``You have a situation where public and private investment are not all that clear,'' says Benjamin Ellman, professor of Chinese history at UCLA. ``There are very, very few purely private enterprises.''15Or as another longtime chronicler of the Chinese- American community put it, ``Right now it is very hard to say which money is from the government and which money is private.''16Sioeng利用了他作为``来自大陆的国家企业实体的发言人''的声誉。17Since he began investing in the United States in the late 1980s, Sioeng has emerged as a leader of the Chinese-American community in Los Angeles. He has provided generous financial assistance to the numerous mutual-aid associations that have formed in Los Angeles to assist new Chinese immigrants from the mainland, including the Southern California Cantonese Association, the Southwest China Association of Southern California, and the Southern California Teo-Chew Association.181996年10月，他举行了一个节日，以纪念中国的国庆日。19Sioeng还主持了一场主持电视的活动，名为``欢迎回家香港壮观的``97''，该活动将作为在香港官方移交仪式的一部分进行广播。为此，该活动是由国家控制的中国中央电视台拍摄的。20In 1995, Sioeng's daughter, Jessica Elnitiarta, purchased the Monterey Park-based Chinese-language newspaper, the International Daily News. The paper's ultimate parent company is Sioeng's Group, a holding company owned by Sioeng's daughter Jessica Elnitiarta, her four siblings, and their mother, with Elnitiarta holding the largest share.21Elnitiarta is also the sole director and officer of Sioeng's Group, as well as the sole director of the company that directly owns the paper, Chen International Publications.22Elnitiarta admits, however, that her father was the one who approached her with the idea of purchasing the newspaper and, as with many of the other businesses owned by the Sioeng family, he transferred the monies used for the purchase from overseas.23In addition, Sioeng continues to pour money into the paper to subsidize its unprofitable operations.24Prior to the purchase by Sioeng's family, the IDN had offered intermittent support for Taiwan.25After numerous complaints during the ensuing year from the Chinese Consul General in Los Angeles, Feng Shusen, Sioeng installed a new editor from New York and the paper is now ``breathlessly pro-Beijing'' with respect to issues like Taiwan and human rights.26The paper runs releases issued by Beijing's state-controlled news media and offered ``lavish'' praise for former Chinese leader Deng Xiaopeng upon his death, including the banner headlines: ``HEAVEN, EARTH AND MAN GRIEVED TOGETHER''27``邓小平在中国取得的成功应该是全人类的榜样。''28David Ma, a noted pro-democracy activist in the Los Angeles area, relates that International Daily News reporters were provided with the names of persons to contact for quotes after Deng's death, and that Ma's name was left off that list because of his criticisms of the Chinese government.29The paper has also played up events such as the visit of Chinese Navy vessels to Los Angeles in 1996. Sioeng's lawyer argues that the switch in editorial philosophy to a more pro-Chinese bent is actually just good business sense designed to appeal to a growing immigrant Chinese population, but the paper continues to lose substantial sums of money each year.30此外，尽管多年来一直是国际每日新闻最大的广告商之一，但Sioeng每年仅出售500-600箱香烟。31It seems untenable, therefore, to claim that Sioeng's expenditure of $3 million to purchase a money- losing newspaper was solely motivated by a desire to facilitate cigarette advertisements. the ``china plan'' and ted sioeng During its investigation, the Committee received non-public information regarding a Chinese Government plan to promote the Chinese Government's interest in the United States during the 1996 election cycle. The China Plan followed China's concerns about signs of Taiwan's successful lobbying of Washington, expressed most visibly in the period when the United States granted permission in June 1995 for the Taiwanese president to enter the country for an informal visit to Cornell University, his alma mater. In response, Chinese officials hoped to advance Chinese interests in in the United States by lobbying Congress and increasing contacts with American lawmakers, the media and ethnic Chinese Americans. One aspect of the China Plan included increasing contacts with both Congress and state legislators. Although there was insufficient evidence that the China Plan was implemented by illegal means, some of the non-public information received by the Committee related to Sioeng's activities in the United States. See Chapter 2 of this Minority Report. According to public information derived from a news article, in late 1994 or early 1995, funds from China were wired to an Asian-owned bank in Los Angeles where the Chinese consulate has its accounts.32此后不久，一些钱被转移到加利福尼亚州大国家银行的另一家小型亚裔银行，在那里将其存入了好莱坞大都会酒店的帐户。33Sioeng家族是大国家银行的一部分，也是酒店的所有者。34These published reports invited intensive scrutiny of the circumstances surrounding the Sioeng family's political contributions. the sioeng family's contributions to matt fong in april 1995 Matt Fong, a Republican, is California's State Treasurer and has announced his candidacy for the United States Senate. He voluntarily agreed to be deposed by the Committee concerning contributions he received from the Sioeng family in 1995. Fong first met Sioeng in1988 at a rally for Julia Wu, the Republican candidate for the Los Angeles Community College's governing body.35Fong understood Sioeng to be a supporter of Wu and was introduced to Sioeng by Wu herself.36Over the next few years, Fong encountered Sioeng regularly at various community fundraisers for cultural centers that helped first-generation immigrants.37According to Fong, Sioeng and his family were generous contributors to these organizations and Sioeng frequently served as a co-chair or host of these events.38At these events, Fong also met other members of the Sioeng family, including his sons, daughters, son-in-laws and his wife.39然而,方不起任何Si的名字oeng family besides that of Jessica Elnitiarta, one of Sioeng's daughters.40In 1994, during his campaign for state treasurer, Fong held a $1,000-per-ticket fundraising event at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles. Jessica Elnitiarta attended the event and donated $2,000.41After Fong's election as state treasurer in the fall of 1994, his campaign had a deficit of approximately $200,000.42在1994年最后一个季度,方收到美元100,000 contribution from the owner of the San Diego Chargers, Alex Spanos, accompanied by a request that Fong use the contribution to ``challenge'' the Chinese-American community to match it.43Fong在1994年末或1995年初的活动中直接向Sioeng提出了``挑战''。44值得注意的是，法（Fong）没有回忆起杰西卡·埃尔尼塔尔塔（Jessica Elnitiarta），当时提出了这一挑战。45In response, Sioeng indicated a willingness to help, but did not commit to any specific dollar amount.46Fong saw Sioeng again during one of the numerous Chinese New Year events in the first quarter of 1995 and reminded him of his previously stated willingness to help. Sioeng again offered a non-specific promise of assistance.47Fong和Fong的``筹款策略师''的Fong和史蒂夫·金尼（Steve Kinney）的许多后续电话获得了Sioeng的捐款协议。48Fong与Sioeng进行了安排，访问Sioeng的办公室并接收支票。49方作证说，Sioeng在这次会议上问他有关竞选捐款的法律限制。50Fong informed Sioeng that, under California state law, the contribution had to be from a U.S. citizen, a green-card holder, or a U.S. company with assets generated in the United States.51(Fong related that Sioeng or his daughter, Jessica Elnitiarta, had raised these same issues about restrictions on campaign contributions on previous occasions.)52Sioeng随后进入了他的办公室的另一部分，并在信封上以20,000美元的价格返回。53Sioeng在那次会议上向Fong承诺``更多帮助将会来''，实际上，一周后，单独的支票有30,000美元到达。54然而，与方的帐户相反，最近的新闻报道称，西奥恩（Sioeng）在方（Fong）面前写了两张支票，并简ReportsReports单地延长了第二张支票，以便他可以补充他的帐户以支付该金额。55这两项支票总计50,000美元，都是从``圣太西奥''的帐户中撰写的。56which is Ted Sioeng's Chinese name. Fong claims that he did not believe that these two contributions came from Ted Sioeng himself, but that they came from either one of his sons or son-in- laws.57Fong explained that in the context of earlier discussions about the rules for raising funds, Sioeng indicated that his daughters and sons owned independent businesses.58当方实际上是征求Sio的支持eng, Sioeng remarked that his children ``all have companies here and we're all very successful.''59Fong also indicated that Sioeng was generally very supportive of his children getting involved in the political arena and making financial contributions.60Based on these statements from Sioeng, Fong claimed it was ``always my understanding that the support I was going to be getting was from his family.''61Fong's attempts to disavow knowledge that Ted Sioeng personally contributed $50,000 to him is unpersuasive. Fong personally solicited Ted Sioeng and challenged him--not his children, only one of whom he could even name--to match the $100,000 donation by Spanos. Pursuant to that challenge, Ted Sioeng--not his children--promised to assist Fong. Fong admits that Sioeng himself was the subject of follow-up contacts to secure the contribution.62方去了Sioeng的办公室，并亲自将Sioeng的支票交给了``将会有更多帮助''。此外，Fong竞选活动的感谢信已发送给Ted Sioeng。63Jessica Elnitiarta told the Committee in her interview that she had no knowledge of either the $20,000 or $30,000 contribution at the time they were made.64Indeed, the circumstances so clearly point to Ted Sioeng as the source of these contributions that if, as Fong claims to have believed, the checks were actually from the account of a family member, a reasonable person would question whether Sioeng was directing a family member to make contributions--a practice prohibited by law.65实际上，1995年4月的50,000美元捐款是从没有永久居住地位的非美国公民Ted Sioeng的个人帐户中得出的，因此没有资格贡献。同样，少数民族的观点是，方有充分的理由怀疑这是一个不符合有资格为他的竞选做出贡献的人的贡献。Sioeng 1995年4月对FONG的贡献的来源包括Sioeng的银行记录在内的委员会审查的公众证据，提供了证据，表明这些捐款可能是由未知的人通过Sioeng融入的。4月28日，Sioeng的帐户写了一张支票，应向Matt Fong支付30,000美元。66That same day, a check for $30,000 from the Grand National Bank account of an individual named Glenville A. Stuart was deposited into Sioeng's account.67A check of publicly available databases indicates that Stuart is the proprietor and sole employee of a small grocery store, Sunset Market and Liquor, in Long Beach, California.68该委员会无法发现有关斯图尔特的其他信息。这些情况引起了人们对Sioeng捐赠给Fong的50,000美元中至少30,000美元的真正来源。Fong安排Sioeng在1995年4月捐款后大约两个月与演讲者Gingrich会面，Fong在另一场社区活动中与Sioeng见面。69Fong was scheduled to travel to Washington in mid-July on state treasurer business and asked Sioeng if he would like to meet House Speaker Newt Gingrich.70In response, Sioeng asked Fong: ``Who is Speaker Gingrich?''71当方解释说他是国会的议长时，西奥恩问：``国会是什么？''72Notwithstanding Sioeng's apparent lack of knowledge about U.S. politics, Fong reminded Sioeng of his previously stated desires to increase the political involvement of himself and his family and that the Republican Party was trying to reach out to the Asian- American community.73According to Fong, Sioeng said that he was scheduled to be in New York at around the same time and asked if his son-in- law, who would be traveling with him, could also meet Speaker Gingrich.74Fong then asked Steve Kinney, his campaign pollster in 1994, to contact Gingrich's office to arrange a meeting.75Kinney had long been Gingrich's top advance person for California and, because of these ties, he served as the primary liaison between Fong and the Speaker's office.76Fong credits Kinney for having him serve on Newt Gingrich's National Strategies Group,77a panel that advises Representative Gingrich on domestic policy.78如方所述，7月12日在代表金里奇办公室举行的会议是简短而无关紧要的。Fong和Sioeng参观了办公室，代表Gingrich普遍向Sioeng讲话：``关于授权以及参与社区和成为共和党人的权力。''。''79The Speaker also posed for photographs with Sioeng.80Sioeng家族根据Fong的证词作证，在1996年7月的Gingrich会议之后不久，史蒂夫·金尼（Steve Kinney）询问了方尼（Sioeng Family）是否有兴趣支持任何演讲者的活动。81方建议Kinney继续问。82一段时间后，方回忆起Sioeng或Jessica Elnitiarta，他不记得哪个问了他的建议，以支持他们是否应该支持演讲者。83方回答：``说话者是朋友，代表我支持演讲者是个好主意。''84During her interview with the Committee, Jessica Elnitiarta interpreted this conversation as an actual solicitation by Fong on behalf of the National Policy Forum (``NPF''), a Republican Party think tank. She acknowledged that the suggestion to give to NPF may have come from Kinney.85Fong testified that he did not know until after 1995 that the Sioeng family contributed $50,000 to the NPF when he read about it in news accounts.86然而，根据后来的新闻报道，方的妻子从NPF获得了ReportsReportsSioeng家族的贡献的10％佣金，该家族在1995年的经济利益声明中报道了该委员会。87当对NPF的询问时，Elnitiarta表示，她不在乎支票所做的``部门''，表明她将其视为向共和党捐款。88Also in July 1996, Kinney was organizing a fundraising trip to California by Speaker Gingrich, including a non-fundraising ``outreach event'' for Asian-Americans at the Beverly Hills Peninsula Hotel.89At Kinney's request, Fong provided a suggested list of ``political Asian Republican leaders that should be invited from the community'' that included the Sioeng family.90Kinney invited Jessica Elnitiarta ``and [her] family.''91The event was attended by Ted Sioeng, Jessica Elnitiarta, and one of Jessica's sisters.92On July 18, having secured an agreement from Jessica Elnitiarta to contribute to the NPF, Kinney stopped by the HollywoodMetropolitan Hotel (owned by the Sioeng family) to pick up the check, which is dated July 18.93Elnitiarta向Kinney提供了50,000美元的支票，该账户是一家出口Import业务的熊猫工业公司的帐户。94Elnitiarta担任公司总裁，但Ted Sioeng是唯一的所有者。95The day after this $50,000 contribution to the NPF, at the ``non-fundraising'' event organized by Kinney, Sioeng sat next to Gingrich at the Beverly Hills event.96Sioeng与演讲者Gingrich的会面是在加利福尼亚州阿尔罕布拉语的中国语言报纸的第一个故事中描述的。这个故事包括午餐会的两张照片，其中包括一张显示Sioeng坐在演讲者旁边的照片，以及Sioeng在会议上的评论说：``他很荣幸有机会介绍他的家人以及其他商业朋友，以及金里奇。''97Sioeng,确定为中国新闻文章a ``consultant'' to the Chinese provinces of Jilin and Yunan, also reportedly invited Representative Gingrich to visit those two provinces.98An examination of the bank records underlying the $50,000 contribution to the NPF raises troubling questions about the actual source of the funds. The day before Jessica Elnitiarta donated $50,000 to the NPF, the Panda Industries account had a balance of only $1,300. That same day, Ted Sioeng wrote a check for $50,000 from his personal account into the account of Panda Industries.99These transfers raise the fair inference that Sioeng both directed and was the real source of the NPF donation. NPF President John Bolton testified at his deposition that Joseph Gaylord, a fundraiser for Speaker Gingrich who had accompanied him on the California trip, directed that $5,000 be subtracted from the $50,000 contribution and paid as a commission to another person whose name Bolton could not recall.100Steve Kinney testified that he received a 10 percent commission for the monies he raised for NPF101and Joseph Gaylord also recalled that Kinney had called him during this time to specifically inquire whether he would receive a 10% commission on contributions he solicited for the NPF.102Subsequent press reports, however, indicate that Fong's wife, Paula Fong, also received a 10 percent commission on Elnitiarta's NPF contribution.103Bolton testified that he also asked an NPF employee to question Gaylord about Panda Industries, and that Gaylord responded by describing it as a ``Hollywood entertainment company.''104When asked about this testimony, Gaylord testified that he had no understanding about the nature of Panda Industries and that he had no recollection of being asked by anyone to supply such information.105Kinney emphatically denied that Gaylord had ever questioned him about the nature of Panda Industries.106这些相互矛盾的账户带来严重的问题about the adequacy of NPF's vetting procedures, at the least. Although Kinney testified that he had solicited Elnitiarta for additional contributions besides the one to NPF, his counsel instructed him not to discuss these additional solicitations.107Sioeng家族于1995年12月在1995年的剩余时间里对Matt Fong的贡献，每当他在社区活动中遇到他们时，Fong都会继续征求Sioeng家族。具体而言，方回忆起在加利福尼亚州帕萨迪纳的接待处征求Ted Sioeng和Jessica Elnitiarta的征求。108b不久efore a badminton tournament co-sponsored by the Sioeng family, Jessica Elnitiarta contacted Fong and requested a congratulatory letter from Speaker Gingrich.109Fong contacted Kinney, who was able to secure the requested congratulatory letter from the speaker within a tight deadline.110方参加了比赛，在那里看到了Sioeng家族，并再次征求了他们的其他贡献。111Subsequently, Fong received a check for $50,000, dated December 14, 1995, from the account of Panda Estates Investment, Inc., a real estate development company owned by the Sioeng family.112Fong denies any connection between the congratulatory letter and the subsequent donation from the Sioeng family,113but Jessica Elnitiarta told Committee staff that she gave the $50,000 ``in appreciation'' for the letter.114同样，该捐赠基础的银行记录提出了令人不安的问题。在Elnitiarta向Matt Fong撰写50,000美元支票的那天，Panda Estates Investments Bank帐户中只有14,000美元。115Four days later the December 14 check cleared, presumably producing an overdraft in the account.116The following day, December 19, Elnitiarta's aunt, Yanti Ardi, made a telephone transfer of $50,000 from her personal account into the Panda Estate Investments account.117For her part, Yanti Ardi, a non-citizen living in the Los Angeles area, would not have had sufficient funds to transfer the $50,000 to the Panda Estate Investments account but for a December 11 wire transfer from Pristine Investments Ltd of Hong Kong, a wholesale clothing company with uncertain ties to Sioeng's business empire.118Between September 5, 1995 and January 6, 1996, Yanti Ardi received approximately $2.6 million in wire transfers from Pristine Investments.119Sioeng's attorneys refused to answer questions about Pristine or other companies in Asia that made large transfers to Sioeng-related accounts.1201997年4月，文章发表在《新闻周刊》和《洛杉矶时报》上，引发了有关Sioeng家族对方的贡献的疑问。为了回应这些文章，方的竞选组织写了给Sioeng和``San Wong Sioeng''的信，并在24小时内坚持验证这些捐款是用您的个人资金而不是其他任何人或任何人或实体。''121在规定时间段内未收到对这些信件的答复后，方共捐出了Sioeng家族的100,000美元。自从Fong从Sioeng家族的任何成员就这些捐款来源的任何信息中收到任何信息。122Jessica elnitiarta's contributions to the DNC In 1996, Jessica Elnitiarta contributed a total of $250,000 to the Democratic National Committee and attended several DNC- sponsored events. These contributions appear to have been arranged by John Huang, who first met Sioeng and Elnitiarta in 1995 at a Chinese community event.123The available information concerning these donations is sketchy and further investigation by other entities may be appropriate. The Hay Adams fundraiser According to Elnitiarta, Huang telephoned her in January 1996 regarding a Chinese New Year event, the Asia-Pacific American Leadership Council Dinner, being sponsored by the DNC in Washington, D.C., at the Hay Adams Hotel. Elnitiarta invited her father, Sioeng, on her own and is not aware of any conversations between Huang and Sioeng regarding this event.124On February 10, 1996, Elnitiarta wrote a check for $100,000 from her personal account to the DNC in order to secure eight seats at the event, which were priced at $12,500 each.125当时，Elnitiarta的帐户的余额约为10,000美元。2月22日，从Yanti Ardi的帐户转移了200,000美元到Elnitiarta的帐户中。126反过来，Ardi的帐户从1996年2月12日从香港银行帐户获得了超过500,000美元的电汇。127Prior to that transfer, Ardi's account held only approximately $3,000.128与Matt Fong的30,000美元捐款以及向NPF的50,000美元捐款不同，这些转移的捐款并不是相同的捐款，也不会及时地及时地发生，而Elnitiarta本人（谁拥有委托书通过Ardi的帐户）很可能会影响从Ardi的帐户转移到她自己的帐户。因此，这些转移并不像另一个名义那样强烈暗示贡献。Elnitiarta邀请了她的父亲，她的姐姐桑德拉（Sandra）的丈夫迪迪·库尼亚万（Didi Kurniawan）桑德拉·埃尔尼塔尔塔（Sandra Elnitiarta）；她的兄弟Yopi Gatot Elnitiarta；以及Sioeng的两个商业伙伴。129Elnitiarta和她的丈夫也打算参加，但并非由于儿子意外的病。130Hsi Lai佛教寺庙活动Huang邀请Elnitiarta参加1996年4月29日在加利福尼亚州Hacienda Heights举行的HSI LAI佛教寺庙活动。儿子的病。131Elnitiarta explained to Committee staff that one of her sisters, Laureen Elnitiarta, is a Buddhist and wanted to attend the event for that reason.132Elnitiarta attended the event with her sister, Laureen, Sioeng and his wife, and another family member, Sioeng Fei Man.133Sioeng sat with Vice President Gore during the event.134The Sioengs were not solicited for a contribution in connection with this event and did not make one.135Huang再次与Sheraton Carlton Hotel活动Elnitiarta联系，并邀请参加1996年5月在华盛顿特区的Sheraton Carlton Hotel参加活动。136She, in turn, invited her father and five others to the event.137In a fax to ``Uncle Huang,'' Elnitiarta informed John Huang that in addition to her father, six other Chinese executives would come to the dinner. One was Guo Zhong Jian, an officer of the China Construction Bank. One of four major banks run by Beijing, China Construction last September became the first Chinese bank since the laws were tightened after the BCCI scandal in 1991 to win a federal license to do business in the U.S.138Elnitiarta made no contributions at the event, but Huang told her that he would collect a contribution check from her the next time he was in Los Angeles.1397月12日，Elnitiarta从她的房地产公司Panda EstatesInvestment，Inc。向DNC撰写了100,000美元的支票。140This is the same account used by Elnitiarta for her December 1995 contribution of $50,000 to Matt Fong.141在兑现支票时，熊猫庄园投资帐户的负余额很小。142The monies used to cover this check came from Panda Estates domestic rental income and Elnitiarta's transfer of $60,000 from Ardi's account on July 26, 1996.143Ardi's account, in turn, could not have financed the $60,000 transfer without the benefit of a deposit of approximately $1.6 million from the Hong Kong account of R.T. Enterprises, Ltd.--another business with ties to Sioeng. In addition, Panda Estates Investment, Inc. appears to have generated sufficient domestic revenues to cover the political contributions drawn from that account. The Minority's examination of the bank records of Panda Estates Investment, Inc., shows that the company enjoyed a rental income of over $900,000 from approximately mid-1995 through 1996. Nevertheless, the Committee was unable to satisfactorily resolve the ultimate question of what role, if any, was played by Sioeng himself in directing the contribution. Century City event and subsequent $50,000 contribution As with the previous fundraisers, Elnitiarta was contacted by Huang about attending a DNC dinner to be held in the Century City area of Los Angeles on July 22.144Elnitiarta brought her father, and Sioeng brought a business partner from Hong Kong, Lam Kwok Man.145Sioeng was seated at the head table next to President Clinton at the event.146At Huang's urging, Elnitiarta also agreed to be responsible for filling an additional five to six tables.147These additional invitees did not pay for their seats.148According to Elnitiarta, Huang did not press her for a contribution at the time of the event.1497月29日，Elnitiarta向DNC撰写了一张支票，从同一Panda Estates Investment帐户提供了50,000美元，该帐户为她7月12日的DNC捐款提供了资金。150目前，熊猫庄园投资帐户不含足够的资金来支付捐款。151However, on August 1 and August 6, Elnitiarta made transfers totaling $47,000 from a different account maintained by Panda Estate Investment, indicating that Panda Estates Investment had sufficient funds to cover the contribution.152The FBI agent assigned to analyze the Sioeng bank records concluded that all of the transfers from Panda Estates Investment's other account was ``supported by normal account activity'' except for the $60,000 transfer from Yanti Ardi's account discussed above.153Huang's internal documents link this $50,000 donation from Panda Estates to a small fundraiser held on July 30, 1996, at the Jefferson Hotel in Washington, D.C. that featured President Clinton and was attended by the following individuals: James Riady; Taiwanese businessman Eugene T.C. Wu, chairman of the Shin Kong Group, a conglomerate that includes Taiwan's second- largest life insurance company; James J.S. Lin, a Taiwan businessman and associate of Wu's; and Sen Jong (``Ken'') Hsui, the president of Prince Motors Co. in Taipei and a U.S. citizen.154Each of these attendees also brought their wives and children.155DNC officials projected that the dinner would raise $500,000, but of the attendees, only Hsui was legally permitted to make donations.156According to Huang's records, Hsui contributed only $150,000 and the remaining amount was credited to individuals who had not attended the event, including Elnitiarta's $50,000 donation from the Panda Estates account and an August 2 donation of $131,000 from Laurie M. Jonsson, the president of a Seattle shipping company.157When interviewed, Jonsson disavowed any knowledge of Huang or the Jefferson Hotel dinner and said she gave $100,000 to become a designated trustee of the DNC's Women's Leadership Forum and the other $31,000 for general purposes.158Elnitiarta also stated that she had no knowledge of the Jefferson Hotel event.159It appears to the Minority that, for reasons unknown, Huang was crediting unrelated contributions from some donors to the Jefferson Hotel event. Conclusion The Committee found clear evidence that Sioeng, a foreign national, contributed to Republican California State Treasurer Matt Fong, who returned the contributions two years later. The Committee also found evidence that suggests that Sioeng may have participated in directing political contributions made by his daughter Elnitiarta to both the National Policy Forum and the Democratic National Committee, although it was unable to reach any definitive conclusions on this issue. In addition, our examination of the bank records surrounding the contributions to both Fong and the NPF has raised serious questions about the ultimate source of the contributions made in those instances. The Minority believes that further investigation by law enforcement authorities into these issues is clearly warranted. Regardless of the source of the contributions, the contributions by the Sioeng family present a stark picture of how quickly substantial contributions can be translated into personal access to elected policy makers. The Committee found no evidence, however, that any member of the Sioeng family sought to exploit the access they were afforded to lobby on any particular issue or to receive any favor other than pro forma letters of support or congratulations. footnotes1商业周，97年8月11日。2商业周，97年8月11日。3商业周，97年8月11日。4Los Angeles Times, 5/18/97.5Los Angeles Times, 5/18/97.6Los Angeles Times, 5/18/97.7商业周，97年8月11日。8INS记录。9商业周，97年8月11日。10Staff interview with Jessica Elnitiarta, 6/19/97.11Los Angeles Times, 5/18/97.12Los Angeles Times, 5/18/97.13Los Angeles Times, 5/18/97.14LA Weekly, 7/4/97.15LA Weekly, 7/4/97.16LA Weekly, 7/4/97.17La Weekly，7/4/97（引用Anthony Chieng，``著名的中国律师''）18LA Weekly, 7/4/97.19新闻周刊，4/28/97。20新闻周刊，4/28/97。21Staff interview with Jessica Elnitiarta, 6/19/97.22Letter from Thomas P. McLish, counsel for Elnitiarta, to Majority counsel-Special Investigation, 6/18/9723Staff interview with Jessica Elnitiarta, 6/19/97; Letter from Thomas P. McLish, counsel for Elnitiarta, to Majority counsel-Special Investigation, 6/18/97.24Letter from Thomas P. McLish, counsel for Elnitiarta, to Majority counsel-Special Investigation, 6/18/97.25Los Angeles Times, 5/18/97.26LA Weekly, 7/4/97; Newsweek, 4/28/97; Newsweek, 6/9/ 97.27商业周，97年8月11日；新闻周刊，3/10/97。28新闻周刊，4/28/97。29Interview with David Ma, 8/24/97.30Los Angeles Times, 5/18/97.31Interview by FBI detailee with Nancy La, 5/25/97; letter from Thomas P. McLish, counsel for Elnitiarta, to Majority counsel-Special Investigation, 6/18/97.32新闻周刊，4/28/97。33新闻周刊，4/28/97。34新闻周刊，4/28/97。35Matt Fong沉积，97年9月97日，第7-8页。36Matt Fong沉积，97年9月19日，第1页。8。37Matt Fong deposition, 9/19/97, pp. 8-9.38Matt Fong deposition, 9/19/97, pp. 8-9.39Matt Fong沉积，97年9月19日，第1页。9.40Matt Fong沉积，97年9月19日，第1页。10。41Matt Fong deposition, 9/19/97, pp. 14-15.42Matt Fong沉积，97年9月19日，第1页。25.43Matt Fong沉积，97年9月19日，第1页。29。44Matt Fong沉积，97年9月19日，第1页。29。45Matt Fong沉积，97年9月19日，第1页。36.46Matt Fong沉积，97年9月19日，第1页。30.47Matt Fong deposition, 9/19/97, pp. 30-31.48Matt Fong沉积，97年9月19日，第1页。54.49Matt Fong沉积，97年9月19日，第1页。33.50Matt Fong沉积，97年9月97日，第34-35页。51Matt Fong沉积，97年9月19日，第1页。34.52Matt Fong沉积，97年9月19日，第1页。53.53Matt Fong沉积，97年9月19日，第1页。36.54Matt Fong deposition, 9/19/97, pp. 35-37.55洛杉矶时报，98年2月26日。56Letter from William R. Turner, Treasurer, Matt Fong for State Treasurer, to Mr. Ted Sioeng, Mr. San Wong Sioeng, requesting information on legality of contributions, 4/21/97 (copies of contribution checks dated 4/20/95 and 4/28/95 attached); Letter from William R. Turner, Treasurer, Matt Fong for State Treasurer, to Mr. Ted Sioeng, Panda Estates Investment, Inc., requesting information on legality of contributions, 4/21/97 (copy of contribution check dated 12/14/95 attached).57Matt Fong沉积，97年9月19日，第1页。23。58Matt Fong deposition, 9/19/97, pp. 38-39.59Matt Fong沉积，97年9月19日，第1页。39.60Matt Fong沉积，97年9月19日，第1页。39.61Matt Fong沉积，97年9月19日，第1页。39.62Matt Fong沉积，97年9月19日，第1页。33.63Matt Fong沉积，97年9月19日，第1页。23。64Staff interview with Jessica Elnitiarta, 6/19/97.652 U.S.C.秒441（e）（禁止外国国民直接或间接参与捐款决定）。\ 66 \ William R. Turner，财务主管，Matt Fong的国家财务主管，给Ted Sioeng先生，San Wong Sioeng先生，要求有关捐款合法性的信息，4/21/9720/95和4/28/95）。\ 67 \从格伦维尔·斯图尔特（Glenville A.[GNB 1280500063] \ 68 \ dun市场标识符的报告``日落市场和酒''。44. \ 70 \ Matt Fong Secosing，9/19/97，第44-45页。\ 71 \ Matt Fong沉积，97年9月97日，p。45. \ 72 \ Matt Fong沉积，97年9月97日，p。45. \ 73 \ Matt Fong沉积，97年9月97日，p。 45. \74\ Matt Fong deposition, 9/19/97, p. 45. \75\ Matt Fong deposition, 9/19/97, p. 49. \76\ Matt Fong deposition, 9/19/97, p. 47. \77\ Matt Fong deposition, 9/19/97, p. 47. \78\ Los Angeles Times, 4/22/97. \79\ Matt Fong deposition, 9/19/97, p. 48. \80\ Matt Fong deposition, 9/19/97, p. 48. \81\ Matt Fong deposition, 9/19/97, p. 50. \82\ Matt Fong deposition, 9/19/97, p. 50. \83\ Matt Fong deposition, 9/19/97, p. 55. \84\ Matt Fong deposition, 9/19/97, p. 55. \85\ Staff interview with Jessica Elnitiarta, 6/19/97. \86\ Matt Fong deposition, 9/19/97, pp. 49, 54-55. \87\ Los Angeles Times, 2/25/98. \88\ Staff interview with Jessica Elnitiarta, 6/19/97. \89\ Matt Fong deposition, 9/19/97, p. 50; Steve Kinney deposition, 9/23/97, p. 11. \90\ Matt Fong deposition, 9/19/97, p. 51. \91\ Steve Kinney deposition, 9/23/97, p. 19. \92\ Steve Kinney deposition, 9/23/97, p. 19. \93\ Los Angeles Times , 7/4/97. \94\ Staff interview with Jessica Elnitiarta, 6/19/97; letter from Thomas P. McLish, counsel for Elnitiarta, to Majority counsel-Special Investigation, 6/18/97. \95\ Staff interview with Jessica Elnitiarta, 6/19/97; letter from Thomas P. McLish, counsel for Elnitiarta, to Majority counsel-Special Investigation, 6/18/97. \96\ Memorandum from Steven E. Hendershot, FBI agent, to Senate Investigating Team re: ``China Press newspaper article of 7/22/95,'' 7/23/97. \97\ Memorandum from Steven E. Hendershot, FBI agent, to Senate Investigating Team re: ``China Press newspaper article of 7/22/95,'' 7/23/97. \98\ Memorandum from Steven E. Hendershot, FBI agent, to Senate Investigating Team re: ``China Press newspaper article of 7/22/95,'' 7/23/97. \99\ Memorandum from Steven E. Hendershot, FBI agent, to Minority Counsel, re: ``Jessica Elnitiarta Record Review,'' 8/22/97. \100\ John Bolton deposition, 7/10/97, pp. 66-67. \101\ Stephen M. Kinney deposition, 9/23/97, pp. 22-23. \102\ Joseph Robert Gaylord deposition, 9/16/97, p. 35. \103\ Los Angeles Times, 2/25/98. \104\ John Bolton deposition, 7/10/97, pp. 67-68. \105\ Joseph Robert Gaylord deposition, 9/16/97, pp. 42-44. \106\ Stephen M. Kinney deposition, 9/23/97, p. 23. \107\ Stephen M. Kinney deposition, 9/23/97, p. 26. \108\ Matt Fong deposition, 9/19/97, pp. 60-61. \109\ Matt Fong deposition, 9/19/97, p. 62. \110\ Matt Fong deposition, 9/19/97, pp. 62-63. \111\ Matt Fong deposition, 9/19/97, pp. 61-62. \112\ Letter from William R. Turner, Treasurer, Matt Fong for State Treasurer, to Mr. Ted Sioeng, Mr. San Wong Sioeng, requesting information on legality of contributions, 4/21/97 (copies of contribution checks dated 4/20/95 and 4/28/95 attached); Letter from William R. Turner, Treasurer, Matt Fong for State Treasurer, to Mr. Ted Sioeng, Panda Estates Investment, Inc., requesting information on legality of contributions, 4/21/97 (copy of contribution check dated 12/14/95 attached). \113\ Matt Fong deposition, 9/19/97, p. 63. \114\ Staff interview with Jessica Elnitiarta, 6/19/97. \115\ Memorandum from Steven E. Hendershot, FBI agent, to Minority Counsel, re: ``Jessica Elnitiarta Record Review,'' 8/22/97. \116\ Memorandum from Steven E. Hendershot, FBI agent, to Minority Counsel, re: ``Jessica Elnitiarta Record Review,'' 8/22/97. \117\ Memorandum from Steven E. Hendershot, FBI agent, to Minority Counsel, re: ``Jessica Elnitiarta Record Review,'' 8/22/97. \118\ Memorandum from Steven E. Hendershot, FBI agent, to Minority Counsel, re: ``Jessica Elnitiarta Record Review,'' 8/22/97. \119\ Wire of $1 million to Yanti Ardi GNB account no. 240417614 from Pristine Investments Ltd., 9/5/95 [GNB 002970-2972]; Wire of $928,432.17 to Yanti Ardi's GNB acct no. 240417614 from Pristine Investments Ltd. [GNB 003000]; Wire of $150,000 to Yanti Ardi's GNB acct no. 240979814, 12/11/95 [GNB 002888 & 002890]; Wire of $595,283.35 to Yanti Ardi's GNB acct no. 240417614, 1/3/96 [GNB 003030]. \120\ In addition to the monies received from the Sioeng family, published reports indicate that Fong received at least $24,000 from sources suspected of channeling contributions to the DNC. Los Angeles Times, 4/22/97. In 1995, for example, records show that Fong received $4,000 from two officers of the Lippo Group that were arranged by John Huang. Los Angeles Times, 4/22/97. 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