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Taitung Officials Detained

Taiwan ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ผ Crime & Justice

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Taitung County officials in Taiwan are facing detention requests and investigations for alleged corruption. The agriculture department director and others are accused of profiting from widening a road for a resort development project. Prosecutors are probing the officials for alleged profiteering and bribery.

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Taitung Officials Seek Detention in Resort Road Scandal

- Taiwan's Taitung County government's agricultural department director, Hsu Chia-hao, and another official are facing detention requests. - They are accused of using public resources to illegally widen a rural road to benefit a resort invested in by the county speaker's family. - Prosecutors are investigating potential corruption and abuse of power, with two other defendants granted bail.