Regional power outages yesterday morning snarled traffic as emergency workers responded to calls for rescue, including those trapped in elevators.
TV footage showed police officers directing vehicles as traffic lights failed and some shops were forced to stay closed due to the lack of power.
The owner of a bakery in Yilan County’s Dongshan Township (冬山) said that he had to discard many loaves of bread and cakes, as the blackout occurred as he was baking, disrupting the process.
In Keelung, some seafood sellers said they had rushed to place crabs, shrimp and other seafood in cages and then in the waters nearby
By Lin Ching-lun and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, with staff writerChinese Nationalist Party （KMT） Yilan County Commissioner Lin Zi-miao （林姿妙） was yesterday questioned for a second time in an investigation into alleged corruption in the county government, the Yilan District Prosecutors’ Office said in a news release.
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Yilan County Commissioner Lin Zi-miao (林姿妙) was yesterday questioned for a second time in an investigation into alleged corruption in the county government, the Yilan District Prosecutors’ Office said in a news release.
Lin and other unnamed individuals were being questioned as part of a joint investigation with the Ministry of Justice’s Agency Against Corruption, the statement said, without providing further details.
The announcement came hours after media reports said that the commissioner’s son, Lin You-tze (林佑澤), and daughter, Lin Yi-ling (林羿伶), were seen being led away by investigators.
Meanwhile, Lin Zi-miao was notably absent from a county government
By Lin Ching-lun, Chiang Chih-hsiung and Jake Chung / Staff reporters, with staff writer and CNAYilan County Commissioner Lin Tzu-miao （林姿妙） of the Chinese Nationalist Party （KMT） and other county government officials were yesterday summoned by the Yilan District Prosecutors’ Office as part of an investigation into a suspected corruption case.
Yilan County Commissioner Lin Tzu-miao (林姿妙) of the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) and other county government officials were yesterday summoned by the Yilan District Prosecutors’ Office as part of an investigation into a suspected corruption case.
Prosecutors’ office personnel searched more than 30 locations before 1pm yesterday including Lin’s government-assigned housing, her private residence, and Yilan County and Bureau of Land Administration Director Yang Chung-ming’s (楊崇明) office.
Prosecutors said the search was conducted in conjunction with officials from the Ministry of Justice’s Agency Against Corruption, and the search warrants were approved by the county district court.
The agency has not provided more