Two Taiwanese businessmen on Wednesday were indicted for allegedly working on behalf of Chinese firms to recruit Taiwanese to research and design memory devices.
The suspects, surnamed Chen (陳) and Huang (黃), allegedly set up offices near the Hsinchu Science Park in Hsinchu City to target employees in the semiconductor and other high-tech industries, the Hsinchu District Prosecutors’ Office said.
After months of surveillance, Hsinchu investigators, with support from the Ministry of Justice’s Investigation Bureau, raided the offices and residences of Chen and Huang, who are facing charges related to acting as fronts for Chinese-owned businesses to operate in Taiwan.
Prosecutors said that
Accusations of a plagiarized report sparked a denial and a war of words along with promises to sue and defiance in the face of such threats as politicians clashed yesterday.
Taipei City Councilor Wang Hung-wei (王鴻薇) said a thesis that Hsinchu Mayor Lin Chih-chien (林智堅) submitted while studying in a master’s program at Chung Hua University drew most of its content from a paper that was released a month earlier.
Lin, the Democratic Progressive Party’s (DPP) nominee for the Taoyuan mayoral election in November, denied the allegation, adding that he is mulling legal action against Wang, a member of the
Law enforcement officials yesterday raided the offices of UBI Pharma Inc (聯亞藥) amid a probe into alleged insider trading.
Officers searched 22 sites in Taipei, New Taipei City, Hsinchu, Taoyuan, Miaoli, Taichung and Tainan, seizing documents and electronic records and devices, the Hsinchu District Prosecutors’ Office said yesterday.
Seventeen people were questioned, the prosecutors said, adding that Peng Wen-chun (彭文君), deputy executive officer of the firm’s parent company, United Biomedical Inc Asia (聯亞生技), and a department head surnamed Fu (傅) were listed as suspects.
Investigators did not seek pre-trial detention for the suspects, the prosecutors said, adding that Peng was released after
Hsinchu Mayor Lin Chih-chien (林智堅) on Monday said that he would not seek election as mayor of the proposed special municipality of Hsinchu in a move that bolstered the Democratic Progressive Party’s (DPP) bid to redraw the nation’s administrative map.
Lin wrote on Facebook that he had made the decision “to stop the political machinations of the opposition parties, and refocus the debate surrounding the upgrade to ‘Greater Hsinchu’ on the nation’s strategic development and the efficiency of governance.”
The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) has opposed the DPP’s plan to merge Hsinchu City and Hsinchu County into a special municipality, citing concerns
By Tsai Chang-cheng, Hsieh Chun-lin and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporters, with staff writerHsinchu Mayor Lin Chih-chien （林智堅） on Monday said that he would not seek election as mayor of the proposed special municipality of Hsinchu in a move that bolstered the Democratic Progressive Party’s （DPP） bid to redraw the nation’s administrative map.