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Taipei, Nov. 3 (CNA) Taiwan's former Defense Minister Tang Yao-ming (湯曜明) died in a Taipei hospital Wednesday at the age of 82, the Ministry of National Defense (MND) announced in a statement.
Ex-defense ministers part of Weng case
INCRIMINATING NOTEBOOKS: The probe of tycoon Weng Mao-chung reportedly uncovered 27 notebooks detailing the people who profited from insider trading
By Jason Pan / Staff reporter
Two former ministers of national defense, Tang Yao-ming (湯曜明) and Chen Chao-min (陳肇敏), along with three retired generals, are among the top military officials accused of profiting from insider trading in companies controlled by businessman Weng Mao-chung (翁茂鍾).
As defense ministers, Tang and Chen allegedly enabled Weng to obtain 28 military procurement contracts worth NT$240 million (US$8.5 million).
The two headed up the Ministry of National Defense in the 2000s, and are the latest prominent officials to be caught up in the investigation of a corruption scandal centered on Weng and former Supreme Court judge Shih Mu-chin (石木欽).
Electoral campaigns implicated in judicial scandal
NEW ALLEGATIONS: Weng Mao-chung made political donations to lawmakers and city councilors from major parties during election campaigns, local media reported
By Jason Pan / Staff reporter
More political figures and police officials were yesterday embroiled in a corruption scandal centering on former Supreme Court judge Shih Mu-chin (石木欽) and Chia Her Industrial Co (佳和集團) president Weng Mao-chung (翁茂鍾).
Local Chinese-language media reported that Weng allegedly made political donations to lawmakers and city councilors from major parties during election campaigns, and treated high-ranking police officials to banquets and gifts to allegedly buy influence.
Shih in a media interview denied the accusations, saying that he had done nothing wrong.