Control Yuan Corrects Taoyuan City Government Over Multiple Police and Environmental Officials Involved in Corruption
Taiwan's Control Yuan corrected the Taoyuan City Government, its police bureau, and environmental protection bureau for ineffective anti-corruption mechanisms and lack of inter-agency coordination, leading to multiple lower-level police and environmental officials being involved in bribery and disciplinary violations in illegal waste dumping cases. The Control Yuan demanded severe penalties and improved mechanisms.
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(Taipei, April 24, CNA reporter Lai Yu-ning) Control Yuan members Tsai Chung-yi and others pointed out in a press release today that the Taoyuan City Government's police and environmental protection agencies had ineffective anti-corruption mechanisms and lacked horizontal coordination. This led to multiple lower-level personnel from the police bureau and environmental protection bureau being involved in bribery and disciplinary violations in illegal waste dumping cases. The Control Yuan had previously passed a resolution to correct the Taoyuan City Government, its police bureau, and environmental protection bureau, demanding legal penalties.
The Taoyuan District Prosecutors Office, while investigating an illegal waste backfilling case last year, discovered that a former police officer from the Taoyuan Yangmei Precinct, a police officer, a squad leader from the Taoyuan Police Precinct, and an inspector from the City Environmental Protection Bureau were involved in accepting bribes to protect operators, gaining illicit profits of over NT$2.54 million. Nine individuals were indicted in August last year, with a request for heavy sentencing.
The Control Yuan's Internal Affairs and Ethnic Affairs Committee approved the investigative report and corrective proposal by Control Yuan members Tsai Chung-yi, Wang Li-chen, and Hung Yi-chang on the 21st. The report indicated that the Taoyuan City Government failed to establish a joint inter-agency anti-corruption mechanism between police and environmental departments for illegal waste dumping crimes, resulting in collective corruption, abuse of power to leak secrets, and falsification of documents by grassroots police officers and environmental inspectors. In addition to correcting the Taoyuan City Government and its subordinate police and environmental protection bureaus, demanding that subordinates legally punish the personnel involved in misconduct, it also urged the central government to review its anti-corruption mechanisms.
Tsai Chung-yi and others issued a press release today stating that there were four serious irregularities in this case: First, the Taoyuan City Government's cross-domain governance failed, and the enforcement front was integrated and broken by operators; second, the police bureau ignored early warnings of disciplinary issues, and performance reviews and cybersecurity audits were merely formalities; third, the environmental protection bureau's integrity control was significantly insufficient, administrative investigations were perfunctory, and the revolving door clause was ignored; fourth, there was a gap between central government policies and practice, and central competent authorities should conduct a comprehensive review and improvement.
The Control Yuan members explained that the Taoyuan City Government neglected supervision and integration, and its internal assessments and integrity investigations were ineffective. It failed to recognize early on the cross-agency nature of illegal waste dumping crimes involving traffic and environmental issues. Before the incident, no regular police-environmental intelligence exchange or joint investigation platform was established, allowing illegal operators to bribe grassroots personnel from both the police and environmental protection bureaus simultaneously, easily breaking through the two major defense lines of traffic interception and environmental inspections, leading to multiple police and environmental personnel being deeply involved in corruption scandals.
The Control Yuan members also found that the bribed officers not only protected operators from enforcement but also abused their power to check vehicle registration data and leaked secrets to operators. Although the Environmental Protection Bureau's integrity office received a report once, it was closed directly because the inspector claimed that the recorder was not turned on as per regulations, so there was no video evidence to check. Furthermore, after the inspector resigned, he disregarded the 'revolving door clause' and seamlessly transitioned to become an environmental consultant for the illegal operator on the very same day.
Regarding the central government's responsibility, the Control Yuan members believe that although the National Police Agency has simplified its criminal performance evaluation system, incentives for falsification still exist. It should thoroughly review the reward distribution and auditing mechanism and accelerate the introduction of AI technology to assist in audits and prevent officers from abusing their power to check personal data. For the Ministry of Environment and the Ministry of Interior's National Land Management Agency's plans to fully promote electronic manifests and real-time GPS tracking of residual soil, the Control Yuan members explained that operators evade inspection by 'running empty manifests,' leaving blind spots in government enforcement. Therefore, it is necessary to strengthen the use of technology to effectively identify abnormal behavior. (Edited by Chang Jo-yao) 1150424
(Taipei, April 24, CNA reporter Lai Yu-ning) Control Yuan members Tsai Chung-yi and others pointed out in a press release today that the Taoyuan City Government's police and environmental protection agencies had ineffective anti-corruption mechanisms and lacked horizontal coordination. This led to multiple lower-level personnel from the police bureau and environmental protection bureau being involved in bribery and disciplinary violations in illegal waste dumping cases. The Control Yuan had previously passed a resolution to correct the Taoyuan City Government, its police bureau, and environmental protection bureau, demanding legal penalties.
The Taoyuan District Prosecutors Office, while investigating an illegal waste backfilling case last year, discovered that a former police officer from the Taoyuan Yangmei Precinct, a police officer, a squad leader from the Taoyuan Police Precinct, and an inspector from the City Environmental Protection Bureau were involved in accepting bribes to protect operators, gaining illicit profits of over NT$2.54 million. Nine individuals were indicted in August last year, with a request for heavy sentencing.
The Control Yuan's Internal Affairs and Ethnic Affairs Committee approved the investigative report and corrective proposal by Control Yuan members Tsai Chung-yi, Wang Li-chen, and Hung Yi-chang on the 21st. The report indicated that the Taoyuan City Government failed to establish a joint inter-agency anti-corruption mechanism between police and environmental departments for illegal waste dumping crimes, resulting in collective corruption, abuse of power to leak secrets, and falsification of documents by grassroots police officers and environmental inspectors. In addition to correcting the Taoyuan City Government and its subordinate police and environmental protection bureaus, demanding that subordinates legally punish the personnel involved in misconduct, it also urged the central government to review its anti-corruption mechanisms.
Tsai Chung-yi and others issued a press release today stating that there were four serious irregularities in this case: First, the Taoyuan City Government's cross-domain governance failed, and the enforcement front was integrated and broken by operators; second, the police bureau ignored early warnings of disciplinary issues, and performance reviews and cybersecurity audits were merely formalities; third, the environmental protection bureau's integrity control was significantly insufficient, administrative investigations were perfunctory, and the revolving door clause was ignored; fourth, there was a gap between central government policies and practice, and central competent authorities should conduct a comprehensive review and improvement.
The Control Yuan members explained that the Taoyuan City Government neglected supervision and integration, and its internal assessments and integrity investigations were ineffective. It failed to recognize early on the cross-agency nature of illegal waste dumping crimes involving traffic and environmental issues. Before the incident, no regular police-environmental intelligence exchange or joint investigation platform was established, allowing illegal operators to bribe grassroots personnel from both the police and environmental protection bureaus simultaneously, easily breaking through the two major defense lines of traffic interception and environmental inspections, leading to multiple police and environmental personnel being deeply involved in corruption scandals.
The Control Yuan members also found that the bribed officers not only protected operators from enforcement but also abused their power to check vehicle registration data and leaked secrets to operators. Although the Environmental Protection Bureau's integrity office received a report once, it was closed directly because the inspector claimed that the recorder was not turned on as per regulations, so there was no video evidence to check. Furthermore, after the inspector resigned, he disregarded the 'revolving door clause' and seamlessly transitioned to become an environmental consultant for the illegal operator on the very same day.
Regarding the central government's responsibility, the Control Yuan members believe that although the National Police Agency has simplified its criminal performance evaluation system, incentives for falsification still exist. It should thoroughly review the reward distribution and auditing mechanism and accelerate the introduction of AI technology to assist in audits and prevent officers from abusing their power to check personal data. For the Ministry of Environment and the Ministry of Interior's National Land Management Agency's plans to fully promote electronic manifests and real-time GPS tracking of residual soil, the Control Yuan members explained that operators evade inspection by 'running empty manifests,' leaving blind spots in government enforcement. Therefore, it is necessary to strengthen the use of technology to effectively identify abnormal behavior. (Edited by Chang Jo-yao) 1150424