Taipei Police Officer Released on NT$100,000 Bail for Assisting Fugitive Chung Wen-chih

According to a report by CNA reporter Lin Chang-shun in Taipei on the 26th, after businessman Chung Wen-chih fled following his conviction, the Taipei District Prosecutors Office discovered that a police officer surnamed Hsu from the Taipei City Police Department's Daan Precinct and a specialist surnamed Lin from the National Police Agency were involved in assisting Chung by querying his personal data. Prosecutors searched their premises and summoned them for questioning on the 26th. In the evening, the prosecutor ordered Hsu to be released on NT$100,000 bail, with restrictions on his residence and a ban on leaving the country. Chung had been sentenced to a total of 30 years and 5 months for violating the Securities and Exchange Act. After failing to report to the police station as required, prosecutors issued a warrant for his arrest due to flight risk. Prosecutors found that Hsu and Lin, while working at the Daan Precinct, allegedly leaked non-defense secrets and violated the Personal Data Protection Act. The Taipei District Prosecutors Office, in coordination with the Taipei City Investigation Office and the National Police Agency's internal affairs units, searched 12 locations including the suspects' residences and offices. The National Police Agency stated it would fully cooperate with the investigation and handle the matter strictly according to the law. The Daan Precinct also announced that it had issued two demerits to Officer Hsu and reassigned him to a different unit.