Former legislative aides get jail time for spying for China
05/10/2021 09:37 PM
Chen Wei-jen (second from left) and Lee Yi-hsien (second from right). CNA file photo
Taipei, May 10 (CNA) The Taipei District Court on Monday sentenced two former legislative aides to jail time for their involvement in developing a spy network in Taiwan on China s behalf.
The case involved Chen Wei-jen (陳惟仁), Lin Yung-ta (林雍達) and Lee Yi-hsien (李易諴), although the latter died of cancer last September and therefore was excluded from the court s ruling Monday.
The court said the case can still be appealed.
They were indicted by the Taipei District Prosecutors Office in August 2020 for allegedly developing spying activities and organizing espionage networks in Taiwan for Chinese agencies, in violation of the National Security Act.
Taipei, April 28 (CNA) A Chinese man and four Taiwanese men accused of attempting to spy for China were acquitted in the Taipei District Court on Wednesday.
Legal recourse over criticism of envoy to Japan rejected
04/27/2021 06:55 PM
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Taiwan s representative to Japan Frank Hsieh is pictured at a recent tourism promotion event held in Tokyo. CNA file photo
Taipei, April 27 (CNA) The Taipei District Court on Tuesday rejected a request by Taiwan s top envoy to Japan Frank Hsieh (謝長廷) for compensation of NT$1 million (US$35,832) from Taipei City Councilor Lo Chih-chiang (羅智強).
The demand for monetary compensation resulted from criticism of Hsieh s alleged dodging of responsibility for Taiwan s handling of stranded Taiwanese tourists in Japan in 2018 due to a typhoon that caused a Taiwanese diplomat stationed in Osaka to commit suicide.
The Taipei District Court on Wednesday ruled in favor of snack food producer Kuai Kuai Co (乖乖) in a lawsuit arising from a tainted oil scandal, ordering Ting Hsin Oil and Fat Industrial Co (頂新製油實業) to pay NT$9.8 million (US$346,829) in compensation for revenue loss and expenditure resulting from product recalls.
The ruling can be appealed.
Kuai Kuai filed the lawsuit in 2017 seeking compensation after having to recall two snack products, following a consumer health scare from a series of adulterated food and tainted oil scandals in 2013 and 2014, embroiling a number of food material suppliers and end
KMT lawmaker involved in alleged bribery scandal released on bail
01/15/2021 10:15 PM
Legislator Liao Kuo-tung. CNA file photo
Taipei, Jan. 15 (CNA) Kuomintang (KMT) lawmaker Liao Kuo-tung (廖國棟), who has been detained for five months for his alleged involvement in a bribery scandal, was released Friday after paying NT$10 million (US$357,070) in bail.
Liao remains subject to residence restrictions and is barred from leaving the country.
According to the Taipei District Prosecutors Office, Liao was indicted for alleged violations of the Anti-Corruption Act in September last year in a case related to ownership of the Pacific SOGO Department store chain.
The lawmaker is believed to have accepted NT$7.9 million in bribes from former Pacific Distribution Investment Co. Chairman Lee Heng-lung (李恆隆) to illegally help in his legal battle against the Far Eastern Group over ownership of the department store chain.