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Young Male Official Suspected of Corruption Detained, Investigation Expected to Conclude with Indictment by Month-End

Yahoo News Taiwan | Local Language | News | Dec. 10, 2025 | Political Scandal or Corruption

During the administration of former President Tsai Ing-wen, green energy development was heavily promoted, but numerous corruption scandals have surfaced. Prosecutors and investigators have uncovered 203 green energy corruption cases, detaining 42 prominent suspects so far. Among them is former Deputy Executive Director Cheng Yilin, nicknamed “Little Ying Boy,” who is suspected of accepting bribes worth millions of New Taiwan dollars and pressuring Taipower to grant substantial feed-in capacity to businesses. Cheng has been detained for nearly four months, with the Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office expecting to complete the investigation and indict him by the end of December.

The Supreme Prosecutors’ Office conducted three waves of the “Jingping Operation” last year, identifying 135 individuals involved in corruption, including officials from various levels and military personnel. From the 110th year of the Republic of China calendar to June of this year, 203 green energy crime cases were handled, resulting in 42 detentions, 76 indictments involving 125 people, and seizures totaling nearly NT$99 million, including foreign currencies and real estate. Among those indicted is former Taiyen chairman Chen Qiyu, charged with giving improper benefits to green energy businesses and facing a 12-year sentence request.

Other notable cases include Liyang Group’s collusion with the Tainan City Government’s Economic Development Bureau to illegally lift land restrictions and avoid review procedures, generating illicit profits exceeding NT$9 billion. Several officials and executives have been indicted for corruption related to this scheme. Former Tainan City Council Speaker Guo Xinliang was also indicted for accepting a NT$9 million bribe in a military photovoltaic green energy corruption case. Additionally, investigations into the Taiwan Petroleum Corporation’s Third LNG Receiving Terminal project have uncovered budget inflation exceeding NT$10 billion, with searches and defendants named, including former CTCI chairman Shi Yifang.

In unrelated incidents, a sanitation worker was convicted of corruption for giving a low-value recycled electric cooker to a scavenger, sparking public debate over the definition of corruption. Meanwhile, various other societal events were reported, including a high-profile banquet by Lin Shuishu in Chiayi County, a fatal shooting in Kaohsiung, a public safety gas explosion in New Taipei City, and a violent attack on an on-duty female police officer in Tainan.

Additional criminal cases include a robbery in Zhonghe District by a former tenant using a fruit knife to extort money for drugs, and the arrest of a 28-year-old aesthetic medicine influencer in New Taipei City for drug possession involving cannabis vape cartridges and MDMA pills. Labor violations were also addressed, with 130 entities fined in Taipei, including Inventec Corporation. Public safety incidents, criminal investigations, and ongoing legal proceedings across Taiwan continue to highlight issues of corruption, crime, and social unrest as the year draws to a close.

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