Offices and the residences of Hsinchu County Labor Affairs Department Director Liu Chia-man (劉家滿) and Deputy Director Lin Tung-shan (林東山) were searched yesterday as part of a corruption case investigation, the Hsinchu District Prosecutors’ Office said today.
Last month, Lin was detained for allegedly accepting bribes in the form of gift vouchers for leniency in labor inspections.
Liu has also been held incommunicado on suspicion of violations of the Anti-Corruption Act (貪污治罪條例), prosecutors said.
Photo: Liao Hsueh-ju, Taipei Times
Two more people were brought in for questioning yesterday, who have since been released on bail of NT$100,000 each, they said.
On Feb. 14, the Hsinchu District Prosecutors’ Office partnered with the Ministry of Justice Investigation Bureau’s Taipei division to question Lin and two others.
The bureau said it found that Lin was seriously implicated in corruption, and it twice requested his detention without visitation rights from the Hsinchu District Court, which was granted last month.
Lin had violated the act by accepting bribes and abusing his position, the court said, ordering his detention without visitation rights due to concerns of collusion and destruction of evidence.
The other two people were placed under residential restrictions.
Hsinchu County Government said that Hsinchu County Counselor Tsai Shu-chen (蔡淑貞) would take over as acting director of the Labor Affairs Department and it would continue to operate as usual.
The Hsinchu County Government would continue to serve the public in accordance with the law and would fully comply with the investigation and respect the judiciary process, it added.
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