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Johnny Chien Chuen Chung (鍾育瀚; pinyin: Zhōng Yùhàn) (born 1955)〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/campfin/players/chung.htm )〕 was a major figure in the 1996 United States campaign finance controversy. Born in Taiwan, Chung was the owner of a "blastfaxing" business (an automated system that quickly sends out faxes to thousands of businesses) in California, United States in the early 1990s. Chung eventually found himself in the middle of the Washington, D.C. elite within a couple weeks of his first donations to the Democratic Party.〔Chung, Johnny, ("The Real Johnny Chung" ), ''WorldNetDaily.com'', April 7, 2000〕〔Park, Scott, ("FBI transcripts resurrect Clinton-China questions" ), ''Human Events'', September 3, 1999〕 Between 1994 and 1996, Chung donated $366,000 to the Democratic National Committee. Eventually, all of the money was returned. Chung told federal investigators that $35,000 of the money he donated came from China's military intelligence.〔Jackson, David and Sun, Lena H., ("Liu's Deals With Chung: An Intercontinental Puzzle" ), ''Washington Post'', May 24, 1998〕 Called a "hustler" by a U.S. National Security Council (NSC) aide Robert Suettinger,〔 Chung befriended former Lt. Col. Liu Chaoying during a Commerce Department trade mission to China. Chung later testified under oath to the U.S. House Committee in May 1999 that he was introduced to Chinese Gen. Ji Shengde, then head of Chinese military intelligence, by Liu Chaoying. Chung said that Ji told him: "We like your president very much. We would like to see him reelect . I will give you 300,000 U.S. dollars. You can give it to the president and the Democrat Party."〔Johnston, David, ("Committee Told Of Beijing Cash For Democrats " ), ''New York Times'', May 12, 1999〕 Both Liu and the Chinese government denied the claims. Chung was eventually convicted of bank fraud, tax evasion, and two misdemeanor counts of conspiring to violate election law.〔("James Riady Pleads Guilty" ), Department of Justice, press release, January 11, 2001, Retrieved: April 14, 2006〕 On December 14, 1998, Johnny Chung was sentenced to probation and 3,000 hours. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Johnny Chung」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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