Control Yuan censures staff at Taoyuan juvenile facility
By Chen Yun and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writer
The Control Yuan yesterday censured two employees at a juvenile correctional facility in Taoyuan over bullying and fights at the center.
Control Yuan members Yeh ta-hua (葉大華) and Wang Mei-yu (王美玉) said they launched an investigation at the Taoyuan branch of Cheng Jheng High School after receiving an anonymous tip-off that there had been 18 incidents of brawls and bullying since the second half of last year.
The branch, which is an Agency of Corrections’ facility, has higher incident rates than other centers, they said, adding that in one incident, 12 people ganged up on one person, indicating that the facility is out of control.
Report on judicial corruption ‘lacking’
FILLING IN GAPS: Court files and evidence linked to the scandal involving more than 200 judicial and government officials should be declassified, two Control Yuan members said
By Jason Pan / Staff reporter
The Control Yuan yesterday told judicial agencies to conduct a more thorough probe into allegations of corruption against 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).
Legal experts and media reports have called the case they are involved in “the biggest corruption scandal in the history of Taiwan’s judiciary,” due to allegations of widespread bribe-taking, abuse of authority, conflict of interest and other illicit activities by more than 200 judicial and government officials, including judges, prosecutors, investigators, military and police officials, and some political figures, to whom Shih repo
Ex-Presidential Office spokesman impeached over sex scandal
01/15/2021 09:21 PM
Former Presidential Office spokesman Ting Yun-kung. CNA file photo
Taipei, Jan. 15 (CNA) The Control Yuan has passed an impeachment case against former Presidential Office spokesman Ting Yun-kung (丁允恭) for his involvement in a sex scandal, members of the government watchdog said on Friday.
The case was approved with a unanimous 11-0 vote in an impeachment review committee on Jan. 7, Control Yuan members Chi Hui-jung (紀惠容) and Wang Mei-yu (王美玉) said at a press conference.
The Control Yuan is one of Taiwan s five independent government branches that functions as an audit and supervision body, with the powers of impeachment, censure and audit.