The Control Yuan yesterday impeached three former chief police officers from Taipei County and Chiayi City over corruption allegations.
Members of the Control Yuan said that they would also look into the supervision of the police stations where they worked.
Control Yuan members Ger Yeong-kuang (葛永光) and Li Fuldien (李復甸) said the watchdog agency would send a document to the National Policy Agency, demanding it investigate the police stations involved for administrative negligence.
The three officers impeached were Tsai Jung-yuan (蔡榮源), the former chief of Sanchong Police Precinct, Taipei County, Tsai Yi-feng (蔡一峰), the former chief of Sansia Police Precinct, Taipei County, and Yang Wen-yi (楊文益), the former chief of Chiayi City Police Bureau.
Tsai Jung-yuan and six of his subordinates were charged by the Control Yuan with accepting bribes of NT$13.11 million (US$400,000) from an illegal casino, with Tsai Jung-yuan taking NT$770,000 between February 2005 and June 2006.
The Control Yuan charged Tsai Yi-feng with failing to fulfill his administrative duty to oversee the conduct of his 22 subordinates from April 2007 through last May.
Tsai Yi-feng’s 22 subordinates were convicted for accepting bribes from two companies, KTV shops, gravel-digging businesses, garbage recycling businesses and gambling establishments, the Control Yuan said.
Yang was impeached to take administrative responsibility for the irregularities involving nine of his subordinates during his term as the chief from August 2004 to January 2006.
The list of transgressions included divulging secret information related to a clampdown on illegal bars to the media and owners of the shops, engaging in gambling at illegal casinos, frequenting taverns with escorts and attempting to have sexual intercourse with an escort girl.
Weather conditions across Taiwan are expected to remain stable today, but cloudy to rainy skies are expected from tomorrow onward due to increasing moisture in the atmosphere, according to the Central Weather Administration (CWA). Daytime highs today are expected to hit 25-27°C in western Taiwan and 22-24°C in the eastern counties of Yilan, Hualien, and Taitung, data on the CWA website indicated. After sunset, temperatures could drop to 16-17°C in most parts of Taiwan. For tomorrow, precipitation is likely in northern Taiwan as a cloud system moves in from China. Daytime temperatures are expected to hover around 25°C, the CWA said. Starting Monday, areas
A Taiwanese software developer has created a generative artificial intelligence (AI) model to help people use AI without exposing sensitive data, project head Huang Chung-hsiao (黃崇校) said yesterday. Huang, a 55-year-old coder leading a US-based team, said that concerns over data privacy and security in popular generative AIs such as ChatGPT and DeepSeek motivated him to develop a personal AI assistant named “Mei.” One of the biggest security flaws with cloud-based algorithms is that users are required to hand over personal information to access the service, giving developers the opportunity to mine user data, he said. For this reason, many government agencies and
The National Fire Agency on Thursday said a series of drills simulating a magnitude 8.5 earthquake would be held in September to enhance the government’s emergency response capabilities. Since earthquakes cannot be predicted, only by continuously promoting disaster prevention measures could Taiwan enhance its resilience to earthquakes, agency Director-General Hsiao Huan-chang (蕭煥章) said in a news release. The exercises would be held to mark annual National Disaster Prevention Day on Sept. 21, the aim of which is to test Taiwan’s preparedness and improve its earthquake resilience in case of a major temblor, Hsiao said. As part of those drills, an earthquake alert would
STRICTER ENFORCEMENT: Taipei authorities warned against drunk cycling after a sharp rise in riding under the influence, urging greater public awareness of its illegality Taipei authorities have issued a public warning urging people not to ride bicycles after consuming alcohol, following a sharp rise in riding under the influence (DUI) cases involving bicycles. Five hundred and seven people were charged with DUI last year while riding YouBikes, personal bicycles, or other self-propelled two-wheelers — a fourfold increase from the previous year, data released by the Taipei Police Department’s Traffic Division showed. Of these, 33 cases were considered severe enough to be prosecuted under “offenses against public safety,” the data showed. Under the Road Traffic Management and Penalty Act (道路交通管理處罰條例), bicycles — including YouBikes and other
RSS