Two military officers and Remotek Corp executives were among nine people charged with corruption involving the Ministry of National Defense’s procurement of biological reconnaissance vehicles, the Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office said yesterday.
Prosecutors in October last year carried out searches and detained several people for questioning.
The case stemmed from the ministry’s procurement in 2015 of 13 biological reconnaissance vehicles for a reported NT$940 million (US$33.16 million at the current exchange rate-), which the New Taipei City-based Remotek won with a bid of NT$750 million.
In yesterday’s filing, prosecutors said that the suspects were charged with breaches of the Anti-Corruption Act (貪污治罪條例) and