Victim mockery: Prince scam assistant Liu Chun-yu flirts with press as she walks on bail

A glamorous Taiwanese assistant to a Cambodian crime syndicate’s finance boss flashed a carefree grin as she strolled free on a mere 150,000 NT dollar bail after police seized 4.5 billion NT dollars in laundered cash, igniting a firestorm online over whether her looks and light penalty mock the ruin of countless fraud victims.

Liu Chun-yu, the statuesque secretary to Prince Holding Group’s mainland-born CFO Li Thet, emerged from the Taipei District Prosecutors Office in a loose plaid shirt and plunging neckline, laughing lightly as cameras rolled. 

The 31-year-old Auckland University of Technology graduate, who spent five years handling “special and novel” tasks for the group’s Taiwan gambling arm, had just been released pending trial in a massive cross-border money-laundering sting tied to scams run from Cambodia.

Netizens erupted in outrage, slamming the paltry bail—equivalent to just HK$40,000—for a case involving billions siphoned from desperate marks. 

Many fumed that her breezy exit and radiant smile trivialized the human wreckage left by the syndicate’s telecom fraud empire, with some bitterly noting the contrast between her freedom and the shattered lives of those conned into poverty.

Her polished LinkedIn profile only fueled the backlash, painting a picture of a poised, adaptable professional thriving in high-stakes chaos—skills now under scrutiny as prosecutors allege she helped hide illicit fortunes funneled into Taiwan.