Court orders three legislators detained‘CORRUPTION’: One DPP lawmaker and two KMT legislators were held incommunicado, while former NPP chairman Hsu Yung-ming was released on bail in the Pacific Sogo caseBy Wen Yu-te, Chen Wei-tsu and Chang Wen-chuan / Staff reportersThe Taipei District Court yesterday ordered that three lawmakers be held incommunicado amid a probe into allegedly bribery relating to an ownership dispute over Pacific Sogo Department Store (太平洋崇光百貨). Former New Power Party chairman Hsu Yung-ming, center, leaves the Taipei District Court yesterday after he was released on bail of NT$800,000 in connection with a bribery case involving the ownership of Pacific Sogo Department Store. The case involves the largest number of lawmakers simultaneously detained since the nation was democratized in 1992. Chao was released on NT$1 million bail on Sunday, while his former aide Lin Chia-chi (林家騏) was detained incommunicado. The prosecutors’ office on Monday said that Chao should be detained, and has appealed the court’s decision.

Source: Taipei Times August 04, 2020 15:56 UTC