Police arrested a senior Taipei police officer late on Sunday night on suspicion that he had ordered three gangsters to torch the offices of his ex-wife's bus company.
Two office buildings in Taipei County belonging to the Aloha Bus Company were set ablaze after gas bombs were thrown at them in July.
Taipei County police on Sunday arrested three suspects, who subsequently told police that police officer Kuan Chun-liang (官純良), 50, the ex-husband of Aloha chairwoman Chen Jui-ling (陳瑞鈴), had ordered them to do so.
Police arrested Kuan at one of his residences in Chiayi late on Sunday night, but he refused to be questioned as it was night time.
The three alleged gangsters were Heavenly Way (
Taipei County judges yesterday afternoon ordered Lin Teh-kwan detained.
Lin told police that Kuan made him commit the crime by threatening to launch an investigation into his gangster connections and criminal background.
Kuan gave him NT$20,000 to start the fires, Lin said. Kuan yesterday denied any involvement in the fires.
Taipei County police said that questioning Kuan was not easy as he had over 20 years experience as a Taipei City Police Department senior criminal investigation officer, adding that Kuan and the three suspects would be charged with offenses against public safety.
Kuan's divorce case has received heavy coverage in the media.
In an interview, Kuan told the Chinese-language newspaper the Apple Daily his wife had extramarital relations with former Taiwan Water Corporation (TWC) chairman Lee Wen-liang (李文良).
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