A Taipei police officer surnamed Chiu (邱), 29, was over the weekend detained and questioned by prosecutors for allegedly gaining unauthorized access to police files to obtain personal data to assist a gang running a fraud operation.
Prosecutors and investigators raided Chiu’s residence and inspected her desk at her office at a police station in Taipei on Saturday.
She was placed in detention after a bail hearing on Sunday.
Photo: Wang Kuan-jen, Taipei Times
Phone records suggest that Chiu’s boyfriend is a member of the gang, and that she helped him obtain personal data, checked information relating to the gang’s fraud victims and forged documents, Taipei chief police inspector Yang Che-chang (楊哲昌) said.
Chiu has tarnished the reputation of the police force, and she has been dismissed according to provisions in the Police Personnel Management Act (警察人員人事條例), Yang said.
Her supervisors said she has a bad disciplinary record from when she began working as an officer in 2014, Yang added.
Local media reports said that when fellow officers heard of the case, they said they were not surprised.
They said she was known among fellow officers as the “pretty policewoman,” who drove luxury cars to work, first a BMW sedan, and later a Bentley.
Her supervisors said she came late to work, and was frequently seen at a gathering place for gangsters.
Chiu received two demerits and two reprimands for contravening disciplinary regulations, and was recently transferred to Taipei’s Nangang Precinct after being placed on a list of officers needing special supervision, reports said.
Local media reports also said that she met her boyfriend in 2016, and allegedly used her police clearance to track where his car had been, as she wanted to know if he was still having relationships with other women.
Additional reporting by Jason Pan
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