An accountant was yesterday detained, suspected of producing fake accounts for the Rebar Asia Pacific Group (力霸亞太企業集團), while the acting chairman of Asia Pacific Broadband Telecom (亞太固網), Wang Lin-tai (王令台), underwent another round of interviews by investigators.
"An accountant of the Rebar Group, Shan Shih-ta (
Taipei Prosecutors' Office spokesman Lin Jinn-tsun (林錦村) said Shan and Hao were the two key figures in charge of Rebar Group's accounts and they are suspected of producing fake accounts ledgers for the conglomerate.
PHOTO: LO PEI-DER, TAIPEI TIMES
They covered up the group's bad financial situation for several years, Lin added.
One of Rebar chairman Wang You-theng's (
The interview was still ongoing at the time of going to press.
Lin said Wang Lin-tai would be sent to prosecutors for another round of questioning after the MJIB had completed the interview.
The official said that Shan and Hao's statements would implicate Wang Lin-tai.
Prosecutors said that six years ago Asia Pacific Broadband Telecom issued around NT$60 billion (US$1.83 billion) in bonds. Around NT$10.5 billion of this sum was paid to the government for telecommunications access and licensing, while around NT$20 billion was used for the company's own telecommunications infrastructure.
Prosecutors believe the remainder -- around NT$29.5 billion -- was embezzled.
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