Last November 17th, two French reporters charged in a weekly French political magazine that a high-ranking French government official had received kickbacks in connection with Taiwan's purchase of Lafayette-class frigates from France. The article further declared that several hundred million US dollars may also have found its way into pockets on both sides of the Taiwan Strait.
去年十一月七日，兩位法國媒體記者在政論雜誌《重點》週刊上，發表一篇關於法國政府官員疑似貪瀆的報導，文中赫然出現我國向法國購買拉法葉級巡防艦的交易中，隱藏有大筆佣金，而佣金流向除了法國本地，更可能有數億美金進了海峽兩岸相關人士的口袋。