When the authorities were tipped-off, Korea had just been given loans by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and their national pride was smarting at the "economic bailout." The breaking of this case made Taiwan appear to Korean eyes like a thief come to steal from a burning house.
可是案子經人密告而揭發時，正逢韓國已接受國際貨幣基金（IMF）的鉅額金援、形同「經濟託管」，韓國上下視為「國恥」而民族情緒沸騰之際，此案遂使台灣蒙上了「趁火打劫」的莫須有罪名。