A fake labor broker agency in Taichung, Taiwan was recently revealed to have used a dummy, shell company to recruit a large number of migrant workers, inciting fury from officials and locals alike.
Former president Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) was yesterday acquitted in the first ruling of a case involving the sale of three media companies by the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) that resulted in significant losses, while Ma’s codefendant, former KMT legislator Alex Tsai (蔡正元), was sentenced to three years and six months in prison.
Prosecutors in 2018 indicted Ma, saying that he was involved in negotiations over the sale of China Television Co (中視), Broadcasting Corporation of China (中廣) and Central Motion Picture Co (中影).
Alongside Ma and Tsai, they also charged Wang Hai-ching (汪海清), former general manager of KMT-controlled Central Investment Co (中央投資公司),
Taipei, Oct. 27 (CNA) Former President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) and two other defendants were acquitted Wednesday on charges of breach of trust and irregular transactions in a long-running case related to the selling of three media companies owned by the Kuomintang (KMT) over a decade ago.
By Jason Pan / Staff reporterFormer president Ma Ying-jeou （馬英九） was yesterday acquitted in the first ruling of a case involving the sale of three media companies by the Chinese Nationalist Party （KMT） that resulted in significant losses, while Ma’s codefendant, former KMT legislator Alex Tsai （蔡正元）, was sentenced to three years and six months in prison.
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