A former High Court judge has been impeached for alleged inappropriate contact with a businessman involved in multiple civil and criminal lawsuits from 1997 to 2017, the Control Yuan said on Thursday.
Control Yuan members on Thursday last week voted unanimously to impeach Tseng Ping-shan (曾平杉), who had served on the court’s Tainan branch from June 1997 to December 2013, the Control Yuan said in a statement.
During his term in office, Tseng was found to have socialized with Weng Mao-chung (翁茂鍾), then-chairman of textile producer Chia Her Group, and accepted gifts from him, the Control Yuan said.
Weng’s diary showed that Tseng
Taipei, March 10 (CNA) A former judge on the Taiwan High Court's Tainan branch has been impeached for inappropriate contacts with a businessman involved in multiple civil and criminal lawsuits from 1997-2017, the Control Yuan said Thursday.
Judiciary vows toughness in Weng case
STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS: The Human Resource Review Committee said the alleged misdeeds of 25 judges suspected of corruption took place too long ago
By Jake Chung / Staff writer, with CNA
The investigation into the Weng Mao-chung (翁茂鍾) case would hold all judicial personnel involved accountable to the strictest interpretation of the law, Judicial Yuan President Hsu Tzong-li (許宗力) said yesterday, while pledging more action against misconduct to uphold the judiciary’s credibility.
Hsu pledged to investigate the few judges who might be contravening laws to protect the work of honest judges and uphold the dignity of the judiciary.
Control Yuan to investigate six judges
MARATHON SESSION: After deliberating for more than seven hours, a judicial committee also rescinded the judiciary medals conferred on two accused judges
By Jason Pan / Staff reporter
The Judicial Yuan on Thursday forwarded the cases of six high-ranking judges to the Control Yuan for further investigation of alleged involvement 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).
The decision followed a lengthy session of the Judicial Evaluation Committee, which lasted more than seven hours.
Based on the findings of judiciary agencies, the committee said that six judges had committed serious transgressions in their alleged involvement with Weng while he was facing nine litigation cases in the 1990s.