MMC Sun is alleged to have received about R4.5 million after helping a Taiwanese businessman based in Africa set up a registered company to export the animals.
Councillor Michael Sun says he has not acted outside the bounds of the law and insists the story has been manipulated at a time of heightened political tension in Johannesburg.
Taipei, Sept. 8 (CNA) Taipei prosecutors on Thursday indicted former SET TV host Lee Tian-yi (李天怡) and two others for making illegal profits by inflating the costs of bringing wild animals from Africa to Taiwan for a local zoo.
Taipei, Feb. 22 (CNA) Former SET TV host Lee Tian-yi (李天怡) was released on bail of NT$500,000 (US$17,985) Tuesday after being questioned the previous night over suspected profiteering and breach of faith in an animal importation case.
Former SET TV host Lee Tian-yi (李天怡) was yesterday released on bail of NT$500,000 (US$17,934) after being questioned the previous night over suspected profiteering and breach of faith in an animal importation case.
Lee, her husband, Kuo Jen-chieh (郭人杰), and the couple’s friend Tony Lee (李吳達), who jointly set up a company to help import animals for a local wildlife park, were on Monday taken for questioning by the Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office following five separate raids on undisclosed locations by Investigation Bureau agents.
Taipei prosecutors said that the trio’s company was commissioned by SET Group general manager Chang Rong-hua (張榮華) to