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
Kaohsiung authorities have questioned eight suspected members of a criminal ring accused of helping people cheat in state enterprise entrance exams, in an investigation implicating 101 people.
Prosecutors as well as officials from the Ministry of Justice’s Agency Against Corruption have over the past few weeks conducted searches and collected evidence against the alleged ring, saying they have cracked a case of “group cheating.”
Investigators have since October last year found that 101 people allegedly used electronic devices to pass entrance examinations for state enterprises, saying 31 were hired by Taiwan Power Co, 36 by CPC Corp, Taiwan and 34 by China
Prosecutors charge former judge over bribery allegations
CORRUPTION? Chen Mei-chin allegedly took bribes to make rulings in defence attorneys’ favor, some of whom allegedly paid for sex services
By Jason Pan / Staff reporter
The Taipei Shilin District Prosecutors’ Office has charged former judge Chen Mei-chin (陳梅欽) with financial fraud, possessing assets of unknown origin and other breaches of the Anti-Corruption Act (貪污治罪條例).
The indictment was made public earlier this week, after the Ministry of Justice’s Agency Against Corruption launched an investigation in response to allegations that Chen took bribes and falsified records to obtain overtime pay, starting in 2012 when he was a judge at the Shilin District Court.
Bureau officer one of six suspects in lighthouse case
CORRUPTION CASE: Investigators said Sheng received bribes from a contracting firm owner, and colluded with a law firm to forge paperwork
By Jason Pan / Staff reporter
A Maritime and Port Bureau technical officer surnamed Sheng (盛) was among six people yesterday listed as suspects in a probe into allegations of bid rigging, bribery and collusion involving work on the nation’s lighthouses, after raids conducted this week.
The six, who were released on bail, were among 10 people summoned on Tuesday for questioning at the Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office.
A officer at bureau’s Maritime Safety Division, Sheng paid bail of NT$150,000, while the other five, who were from a contracting company and a law firm, paid NT$50,000 to NT$150,000 each.