Councilors questioned over lost funds
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Taipei City Councilor Pan Hwai-tzong was released after posting NT$2 million bail, while New Taipei City Councilor Tseng Huan-chia was detained
By Jason Pan / Staff reporter
Judicial investigators yesterday questioned Taipei City Councilor Pan Hwai-tzong (潘懷宗) of the New Party and New Taipei City Councilor Tseng Huan-chia (曾煥嘉) of the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) on allegations of embezzling public funds allocated to pay for their office assistants’ salaries.
A bail court released Pan on NT$2 million (US$70,472) bail, while his office chief, Chen Yu-tai (陳玉臺), was released after posting NT$1.5 million bail.
Tseng was detained following questioning.