Two Chinese have been indicted for their alleged involvement in illegal money transfers between Taiwan and China, Kaohsiung prosecutors said on Thursday.
A man surnamed Zheng (鄭) and a woman surnamed Ong (翁) were indicited under the National Security Act (國家安全法) and the Banking Act (銀行法), prosecutors said.
Zheng, 52, and Ong, 47, allegedly conducted unregistered banking activities, remitting about NT$20 million (US$686,860) in the past year, prosecutors said.
Investigators arrested Zheng and Ong at a supermarket in Kaohsiung’s Nanzih District (楠梓) last year.
The national security charges are because the two allegedly assisted a Hong Kong-based investment firm, and colluded with a Kaohsiung-based
Kaohsiung authorities have questioned eight suspected members of a criminal ring accused of helping people cheat in state enterprise entrance exams, in an investigation implicating 101 people.
Prosecutors as well as officials from the Ministry of Justice’s Agency Against Corruption have over the past few weeks conducted searches and collected evidence against the alleged ring, saying they have cracked a case of “group cheating.”
Investigators have since October last year found that 101 people allegedly used electronic devices to pass entrance examinations for state enterprises, saying 31 were hired by Taiwan Power Co, 36 by CPC Corp, Taiwan and 34 by China