Former Taoyuan mayor Cheng Wen-tsan of the DPP was questioned by prosecutors late last week over accused involvement in a corruption case. Cheng was later released on five million NT bail...
Former Kinmen county magistrate Lee Wo-shih faces 90 months in prison after a May 29th sentence handed down by the courts. Lee was Kinmen county magistrate between 2010 and 2014, as a member of the KMT. Lee was previously a New Party member until 2007...
Hsinchu mayor Ann Kao of the TPP has been indicted over corruption charges. Kao is the TPP’s only mayor, having previously served as a legislator for the pan-Blue third party, whose presidential candidate is former Taipei mayor Ko Wen-je...
The Tainan city council continues to be plagued by issues of entrenched corruption. This can be seen in a recent series of raids conducted by police on the offices of former Tainan city council speaker Kuo Hsin-liang...
The Tainan city council speaker, Chiu Lili, and deputy city council speaker Lin Zhi-chan, were detained earlier this month by police under suspicion of corruption. Both are DPP politicians. Chiu was eventually released on 1.5 million NT bail, while Lin was released on 1.2 million NT bail, with Chiu asserting afterward that she respected the judiciary’s actions and apologizing for making supporters worry...
The offices of TPP legislator Ann Kao, who is the mayor-elect of Hsinchu, were searched by prosecutors yesterday. Kao and other witnesses were also questioned by prosecutors...
