As Ting Hsin International Group (頂新集團) descends further into the quagmire created by the scandal over its use of tainted oil, prosecutors in Changhua, Chiayi, Greater Tainan and Greater Kaohsiung have detained a number of suspects, with prosecutors adding they will not rule out summoning former Ting Hsin Oil and Fat Industrial Co (頂新製油實業) and Cheng I Food Co (正義股份) chairman Wei Ying-chun (魏應充) for questioning.
Ting Hsin Oil and Fat Industrial Co, a subsidiary of the Ting Hsin conglomerate, used to sell 54 lard and lard-based edible oil products, some or all of which might have contained animal feed oil.
Late on Sunday evening, the Kaohsiung District Prosecutors’ Office detained Lin Ming-chung (林明忠), a businessman suspected of selling 651 tonnes of oil used for making animal feed to Cheng I Food Co (正義股份) between January and August this year.
The Kaohsiung District Prosecutors’ Office said investigators found Lin had sold oil of questionable quality to Cheng I, a subsidiary of Ting Hsin International Group.
Lin was also charged with using fake invoices to evade legal responsibility for the deals with Cheng I.
The court ruled that Lin be detained on suspicion of violating laws governing fraud, business accounting, tax collection and food safety.
Earlier on Sunday, former Ting Hsin Oil general manager Chang Mei-feng (常梅峰), company quality management division director Tsai Chun-yung (蔡俊勇) and Vietnam-based oil manufacturer Dai Hanh Phuc Co proprietor Yang Chen-yi (楊振益), who is Taiwanese, were detained by the Changhua District Prosecutors’ Office on suspicion of committing fraud and violating food safety regulations.
The Chiayi District Prosecutors’ Office has also received the local court’s approval to have Yung Cheng Oil Co owner Tsai Chen-chou (蔡鎮州) detained, citing concerns that he could destroy evidence that his company sold animal feed oil to Hsin Hao Corp (鑫好企業), which is suspected of supplying questionable oil to Cheng I.
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