A Taipei municipal police officer resigned his post Thursday after New Party City Councilor Lee Hsin (李新) accused him of colluding with the owner of the city's largest brothel.
But Chen Kuo-hao (
Lee had accused Chen of collusion with Taipei madam Chen Mei-ying (
Chen said the madam was using the city councilor to exact revenge on city police. "The city councilor was fooled and used by Mrs. Chen as a tool to take revenge on the police," the officer said.
Meanwhile, Chen's supervisor, Tatung precinct chief Lin Kun-huang (林昆煌), said that his subordinate had been an outstanding officer during his 14-year career and was likely set up by the sex industry.
According to Lee, many municipal police officers act in collusion with brothels.
When it came to Mrs. Chen's brothel, the madam would often call police to arrest her unpopular Chinese prostitutes in order to "replace the old ones with the new ones."
Later, the brothel and police would share a prostitute's earnings after she was sent back to China.
"Corrupt police are rewarded for making arrests not only by the city government, but also by the sex industry," the city councilor claimed. "Mrs. Chen, for example, usually paid them up to NT$150,000 for making each arrest."
As the scandal continued to grow yesterday, Taipei Mayor Ma Ying-jeou (
In addition, Ma said the city government would not replace any police precinct directors for the time being until new evidence is collected.
"The Taipei City Government will deal with [the abduction and extortion case] in compliance with the law, in a way no different from its handling of other cases," the mayor said.
Many women who sneak into Taiwan from China to work as prostitutes are often bullied due to their illegal status, Ma said.
The city government will launch a comprehensive investigation, not taking sides with any party, the mayor said.
Wang Cho-chun (王卓鈞), director of the Taipei Municipal Police Department, said yesterday that the directors of the Chungshan, Chungcheng and Ta-an police precincts on Tuesday asked to be transferred to other posts because of the scandal.
But the city government has refused to punish directors unless new evidence turns up.
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