Taipei prosecutors today searched the office and residence of Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Taipei City Councilor Lee Fu Chung-wu (李傅中武) over alleged corruption tied to fraudulent assistant expense claims.
Investigators searched five locations, including the residences and offices of Lee and others allegedly involved in the case.
Reporters saw a box and several envelopes taken away after a four-hour search this afternoon.
Photo: Tien Yu-hua, Taipei Times
Lee is suspected of document forgery and contravening the Anti-Corruption Act (貪污治罪條例) by allegedly claiming at least several million New Taiwan dollars in assistant fees for staff who did not actually work.
Lee, accompanied by investigators, went to his office at about noon and left at 3pm.
He did not respond to questions from reporters.
He and six others were summoned for questioning and are to be transferred to the Taipei Prosecutors’ Office later today.
Last year, Lee was summoned as a witness in a separate case involving Taipei City Council Deputy Speaker Yeh Lin-chuan (葉林傳).
Yeh was later indicted in a corruption scandal for allegedly using proxies to run a gambling business and pushing through related legal amendments for profit.
Lee, who is serving his fourth consecutive term, was previously a Taipei police officer and a member of the KMT’s Central Standing Committee, Taipei City Council data showed.
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