Prosecutors, III investigating Kao controversiesBy Jason Pan / Staff reporterPublic prosecutors have initiated an investigation into allegations of wage fraud by Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) Hsinchu mayoral candidate Ann Kao (高虹安), while officials at the Institute for Information Industry (III) are looking to sue Kao for breach of trust over alleged illegal transfer of patents to benefit a private company. The latest allegations came from her rival for the Hsinchu mayoral post — Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Hsinchu mayoral candidate Lin Keng-jen (林耕仁). Taiwan People’s Party Legislator Ann Kao speaks to reporters in Hsinchu County in an undated photograph. Lin and other KMT members also accused Kao of illegally transferring two III patents to Servtech Co, a Taipei-based software company that Kao said she cofounded. In addition, III vice president Hsiao Po-jen (蕭博仁) yesterday said that the institute is looking to file a breach-of-trust lawsuit against Kao and is gathering evidence.
