Soong, who participated in Hsieh's press conference, then declared that the mixing of public and private funds was done on the orders of party chairman Lee Teng-hui for purposes of "security, reliability, secrecy, and avoiding trouble."
隨後亦出席記者會的宋楚瑜則坦承，當初公私帳不分是奉黨主席李登輝之命為了想「安全、可靠、保密、不惹麻煩」地處理金錢而便宜行事。