Chen’s personal wealth grew conspicuously shortly after he assumed office, but no one could produce hard evidence of his corruption back then. His political supporters initially brushed aside the mushrooming rumors of his self-enrichment as opposition KMT propaganda.
而就在执掌政府之后，陈水扁的个人财富暴增，但当时没人能拿出特别有力的证据来证明他的贪污罪行。陈水扁的政治支持者们起初也对陈大肆敛财的传闻不屑一顾，认为这只不过是反对党国民党的政治宣传而已。