Some obscene pictures allegedly taken at the Taiwan High Speed Rail Corp's (THSRC,
The e-mail, circulated around the country, carries the title "Now this is what we call a year-end party" (這才叫尾牙) on its subject line. Attached to the e-mail are five graphic pictures of a group of men touching and kissing a naked young woman at a party.
According to the media reports, the photos were taken at the THSRC's year-end party, held at one of the company's construction sites on Feb. 1.
The photos reportedly feature male employees touching and kissing a stripper.
One of the company's foreign employees is reportedly pictured with the woman sitting on his lap as he bites her breasts in front of his colleagues.
In response to the e-mail, staff at THSRC said yesterday that the party was actually held by a contractor, and that the company had no idea that such indecent "entertainment" would be featured beforehand.
When the employees were asked whether the firm's high-level managers attended the party, the employees laughed and would not answer.
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