Former Mailiao Township Chief Extorted Ta-Te Energy for NT$3.2 Million, Sentenced to 5 Years and 6 Months in Prison
Former Mailiao Township Chief Tsai Chang-kun was sentenced to 5 years and 6 months in prison and 4 years deprivation of civil rights by the Supreme Court for extorting NT$3.2 million from a land-based wind power developer. The verdict has been finalized.
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(Central News Agency reporter Lin Chang-shun, Taipei, May 8) Former Mailiao Township Chief Tsai Chang-kun was involved in extorting NT$3.2 million from a land-based wind power project developer. The first and second instances sentenced Tsai Chang-kun to 5 years and 6 months in prison and 4 years deprivation of civil rights for the crime of extortion by abusing power under the Anti-Corruption Act. The Supreme Court rejected the appeal, and the verdict is now final.
According to the judgment, the German Ta-Te Group developed land-based wind power under the name of Chuangwei Company. Due to the huge profits from the wind power construction project, it attracted covetousness. Tsai Chang-kun, then Mailiao Township Chief, for personal gain, used his position as township chief to issue a document ordering Chuangwei Company to stop work, and under the guise of fighting for compensation and rebates for the villagers, he instigated protests.
The judgment pointed out that Ta-Te Energy Company, fearing that a one-month work stoppage would cause severe cost losses, entrusted then Yunlin County Council Speaker Shen Tsung-lung to invite Tsai Chang-kun and others to meet to resolve the issue. An "agreement" was reached to pay NT$3.2 million, calculated at NT$400,000 per wind turbine for 8 wind turbines installed in Mailiao, and this amount was delivered.
Tsai Chang-kun also demanded that the Ta-Te Group pay "profits from contracted pipeline engineering" and assigned part of the project to his friend Chen Ying-nan. However, Chen Ying-nan did not meet the contracting conditions and did not obtain the contracted engineering profits.
The first and second instances sentenced Tsai Chang-kun to 5 years and 6 months in prison and 4 years deprivation of civil rights for the crime of extortion by abusing power under the Anti-Corruption Act. The Supreme Court yesterday rejected the appeal, and the case is now final. The Supreme Court has notified the prosecutor's office to activate the prevention of escape mechanism. (Edited by: Lung Po-an) 1150508
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(Central News Agency reporter Lin Chang-shun, Taipei, May 8) Former Mailiao Township Chief Tsai Chang-kun was involved in extorting NT$3.2 million from a land-based wind power project developer. The first and second instances sentenced Tsai Chang-kun to 5 years and 6 months in prison and 4 years deprivation of civil rights for the crime of extortion by abusing power under the Anti-Corruption Act. The Supreme Court rejected the appeal, and the verdict is now final.
According to the judgment, the German Ta-Te Group developed land-based wind power under the name of Chuangwei Company. Due to the huge profits from the wind power construction project, it attracted covetousness. Tsai Chang-kun, then Mailiao Township Chief, for personal gain, used his position as township chief to issue a document ordering Chuangwei Company to stop work, and under the guise of fighting for compensation and rebates for the villagers, he instigated protests.
The judgment pointed out that Ta-Te Energy Company, fearing that a one-month work stoppage would cause severe cost losses, entrusted then Yunlin County Council Speaker Shen Tsung-lung to invite Tsai Chang-kun and others to meet to resolve the issue. An "agreement" was reached to pay NT$3.2 million, calculated at NT$400,000 per wind turbine for 8 wind turbines installed in Mailiao, and this amount was delivered.
Tsai Chang-kun also demanded that the Ta-Te Group pay "profits from contracted pipeline engineering" and assigned part of the project to his friend Chen Ying-nan. However, Chen Ying-nan did not meet the contracting conditions and did not obtain the contracted engineering profits.
The first and second instances sentenced Tsai Chang-kun to 5 years and 6 months in prison and 4 years deprivation of civil rights for the crime of extortion by abusing power under the Anti-Corruption Act. The Supreme Court yesterday rejected the appeal, and the case is now final. The Supreme Court has notified the prosecutor's office to activate the prevention of escape mechanism. (Edited by: Lung Po-an) 1150508
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