Eleven indicted over illegal dumping schemeBy Yu Juei-jen and Jason Pan / Staff reportersProsecutors have indicted 11 people, including a landowner, over allegations of collusion for profit in the illegal dumping of waste materials at a site that was an irrigation pond in an agricultural zone in Taoyuan’s Jhongli District (中壢). Authorities said the operation was part of a coordinated scheme between Liu and Huang to generate illegal profits. Prosecutors said the dumping polluted water sources and severely damaged farmland, destroying two ponds and their ecosystems. Liu agreed to dump waste at the site, while Huang secured contracts to dispose of surplus construction materials and other waste, prosecutors said. The site was covered with sediment from a gravel excavation business to conceal the dumping, they added.

Source: Taipei Times April 04, 2026 17:17 UTC