Farglory Group founder Chao Teng-hsiung was sentenced to seven years in jail late last month, in a series of sentencings that also saw former Taipei Department of Finance head Lee Sush-der and KMT New Taipei city councilor Chou Sheng-kao sentenced to nine years and ten years and six months respectively...
With the Taipei city government taking steps to expedite the completion of the Taipei Dome, Taipei mayor Ko Wen-je has seen bipartisan criticism for flip-flopping on the Taipei Dome’s construction...
Controversy over the Taipei Dome continues, having dragged out at this point for years, with all members of the Taipei Dome safety review committee listed as defendants in the ongoing criminal investigation into the Taipei Dome’s construction process. The controversy is revealing of the endemic problem of political corruption in infrastructure development projects in Taiwan...
The Ko administration continues to be embattled regarding the longstanding Taipei Dome debacle, the latest chapter of which would be accusations of Ko asking city councillors to resign if they refused to submit to a polygraph test...
On its 121s day, the longstanding Songyan occupation, protesting the unlawful cutting down of trees in the area outside the site of the future Taipei Dome, near Songshan Cultural and Creative Park, faced its greatest tribulation to date. A police raid upon the occupation encampment was conducted at 2 AM which, according to those present, brought in approximately forty to fifty police officers...