Wang Lin-i (王令一) and Wang Lin-chiao (王令僑), sons of Rebar Asia Pacific Group founder Wang You-theng (王又曾), reported to the Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office yesterday to start serving prison terms for embezzlement.
Wang Lin-tai (王令台), another of the Rebar Asia Pacific founder’s sons, was also meant to start serving his sentence yesterday, but applied for a delay because he underwent heart surgery on Monday.
Two of Wang You-theng’s other sons, Eastern Media International Corp chairman Gary Wang (王令麟) and Wang Lin-mei (王令楣), are slated to begin their terms later this week, prosecutors said.
Photo: Chien Jung-fong, Taipei Times
The Supreme Court in August upheld part of the sentences handed down by the Taiwan High Court against the Wang sons in the group’s embezzlement scandal.
The High Court ruled in November 2011 that Wang You-theng, his sons and a brother had embezzled funds from the group’s companies through a large number of schemes between 1998 and 2007.
The High Court sentenced Wang’s eldest son, Gary, to five years and eight months in jail, while Gary’s brothers got prison terms of varying lengths: Wang Lin-tai was sentenced to eight years; Wang Lin-i to 12; Wang Lin-mei got eight years and a NT$25 million (US$835,000) fine; and Wang Lin-chiao was given five years and six months, as well as a NT$10 million fine.
Wang You-theng and his wife, Wang Chin She-ying (王金世英), fled the country on Dec. 30, 2006, just days before prosecutors launched an investigation into the company. They are now in the US and are still on Taiwan’s most-wanted list.
A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck off Taitung County at 1:09pm today, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said. The hypocenter was 53km northeast of Taitung County Hall at a depth of 12.5km, CWA data showed. The intensity of the quake, which gauges the actual effect of a seismic event, measured 4 in Taitung County and Hualien County on Taiwan's seven-tier intensity scale, the data showed. The quake had an intensity of 3 in Nantou County, Chiayi County, Yunlin County, Kaohsiung and Tainan, the data showed. There were no immediate reports of damage following the quake.
A Taiwanese woman on Sunday was injured by a small piece of masonry that fell from the dome of St Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican during a visit to the church. The tourist, identified as Hsu Yun-chen (許芸禎), was struck on the forehead while she and her tour group were near Michelangelo’s sculpture Pieta. Hsu was rushed to a hospital, the group’s guide to the church, Fu Jing, said yesterday. Hsu was found not to have serious injuries and was able to continue her tour as scheduled, Fu added. Mathew Lee (李世明), Taiwan’s recently retired ambassador to the Holy See, said he met
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