The Taipei District Prosecutors Office yesterday indicted Huang Tsung-hung
Among those indicted were Huang's brother-in-law Chen Tai-sheng (
Prosecutor Lo Jung-Chien (
In a 133-page bill of indictment, Lo accused the defendants of trading without transfering ownership and manipulating the price of negotiable securities.
Besides Taiwan Pineapple, Lo said the defendents also speculated in other stocks such as Ever Fortune (
According to sources, several prosecutors and judges were also allegedly involved in speculating in Taiwan Pineapple stocks.
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By refusing to agree spending increases to appease US President Donald Trump, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez threatened to derail a summit that NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte needs to run smoothly for the sake of the military alliance’s future survival. Ahead of yesterday’s gathering in The Hague, Netherlands, things were going off the rails. European officials have expressed irritation at the spoiler role that Sanchez is playing when their No. 1 task is to line up behind a pledge to raise defense spending to 5 percent of GDP. Rutte needed to keep Spain in line while preventing others such as Slovakia
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