Taipei, Dec. 12 (CNA) The Control Yuan has impeached four police officers for their role in deleting surveillance footage last year of nine men storming Taipei's Zhonglun Police Station before leaving without being arrested.
Taipei police chief questioned by prosecutors on possible cover-up
04/30/2021 05:23 PM
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Taipei City Police Commissioner Chen Jia-chang at the Taipei District Prosecutors Office on Friday. CNA photo April 30, 2021
Taipei, April 30 (CNA) Taipei City Police Commissioner Chen Jia-chang (陳嘉昌) on Friday was questioned by Taipei prosecutors and also handed over his mobile phone pending an investigation into his possible involvement in a cover-up that occurred two weeks ago.
The case goes back to April 16, when a group of 10 people believed to be members of a local gang stormed into the Zhonglun Police Station in Songshan Precinct to cause trouble, damaging a computer in the process.
Premier demands investigation into police after ruckus
By Lee Hsin-fang, Cheng Ming-hsiang and Jake Chung / Staff reporters, with staff writer
Premier Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) yesterday demanded that the Ministry of the Interior launch an investigation into police ethics following a slew of “incredibly unbecoming and unacceptable” actions by police officers in northern Taiwan.
Citing an incident at Taipei Songshan Precinct’s Zhonglun Police Station in which a group of men were released without being charged after causing damage at the station, Su said the ministry and its affiliated National Police Agency must thoroughly investigate the matter to uphold police integrity and honor.