A former official in charge of an expressway engineering office was on Thursday indicted on charges of taking bribes and bid rigging involving NT$860 million (US$29.17 million at the current exchange rate) of public projects. Lai Jung-chun (賴榮俊), 57, was the former head of the National Expressway Engineering Bureau’s Southern District Office. Huang Hung-juei (黃閎睿), 58, owner of Sheng Chi Construction Co, and 15 other contractors were also indicted over suspected bid rigging and other illegal activities that allowed them to secure 30 public projects totaling NT$860 million over eight years. Changhua County prosecutors said that Lai in 2013 started accepting