In court, the head of the ministry's office of general affairs testified that the amount spent on refurbishment was only NT $ 280,000, although he acknowledged that a fax machine was also purchased and that the renovation took 10 working days, neither of which were included in that figure. Lin requested that professionals be allowed to inspect the premises and estimate the cost for making such a renovation according to current market prices.
交通部總務司長出庭作證時，雖然提出裝修單據只有二十八萬，但總務司長也提及，官舍還買了一部傳真機和裝修十天工期，都未列在單據上。林瑩秋要求庭上會同專家到現場勘驗，認為以目前維修技術，一定可以判定維修官舍花了多少錢？