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Tainan councilors detained
STAFF WRITER
Thursday, Aug 12, 2004, Page 2
Tainan City Council Speaker Huang Yu-wen (¶À§¤å) and fellow councilor Wong Chow-cheng (¯Î´Â¥¿) have been detained on suspicion of accepting kickbacks in a recent city construction project, Chinese-language media reported.
Prosecutors are investigating claims that Huang and Wong received NT$10 million (US$294,000) from the Yiching Construction Company to arrange for the company to be selected in the tender process. The company was to have taken charge of construction in the Heshuenliao (¦ó¶¶¼d) agricultural quarter.
Tainan District Prosecutor Chen Chi-ming (³¯èx»Ê) searched Huang's office and home yesterday morning for evidence before detaining the two suspects back for further questioning.
Huang's secretary Yo Tai-sheng (¤×®õ²±) was also detained.
Chen's office said that, as construction committee members, Huang and Wong were responsible for reducing the budget of the Heshuenliao construction from NT$240 million to NT$190 million and that they had orchestrated regulation limitations on materials and other details to the advantage of Yiching Construction.
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