TV show host Hu Gua (
Taipei prosecutors found marijuana at the home of Hu on Friday night while searching for evidence in an investigation into allegations that he bribed a Taipei District Court judge.
Taipei prosecutors said Hu and Ding admitted they used to use marijuana, but said they had quit and had not touched marijuana since the Lunar New Year.
Prosecutors said they had taken hairs from Hu, Ding and Hu's daughter Hu Ying-chen (
Test results would be released soon, prosecutors said.
Prosecutors said that individuals using marijuana should undergo narcotic treatment at drug abstention and treatment centers and emphasized that possession of marijuana was illegal.
Meanwhile, Hu Ying-chen's boyfriend Lee Chin-liang (
Prosecutors yesterday afternoon released Lee without bail, while Liang was being questioned at time of press.
Hu was acquitted in January by Judge Wu Meng-liang (
Prosecutors launched an investigation on Thursday into whether Liang, Wu's senior high school classmate, had contacted Lee to bribe Wu during the trial.
Prosecutors yesterday said the pair admitted they were in contact during the trial, but rebutted allegations that they had functioned as go-betweens for Hu Gua to bribe Wu.
Judicial authorities said they had received letters saying Wu may have received NT$10 million (US$303,030) to find Hu not guilty. Wu said he did not accept a bribe.
Wu resigned from the Taipei District Court last week.
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