Wang believed to be in the US

ON THE RUN Officials have been in touch with Interpol and Washington as the Rebar Group chairman and his wife are thought to have fled China and taken refuge in the US

By Shih Hsiu-chuan, Jewel Huang and Rich Chang / STAFF REPORTERS

Taiwan can seek the US' assistance under the Mutual Legal Assistance Agreement on Criminal Matters between Taiwan and the US signed in 2002. However, because Taiwan has no official diplomatic relation with the US, it cannot ask the US to extradite Wang, David Wang said.

David Wang had no comment on whether the Executive Yuan had been tipped off about the Wangs' whereabouts through the AIT.