Ex-CPC oil exec goes missing days before sentencing for corruptionStaff writer, with CNAThe former head of the refinery division of state-run oil supplier CPC Corp, Taiwan removed his ankle monitor and went missing in Pingtung County yesterday, just days before he was due to be sentenced for corruption. Former CPC executive Hsu Han is pictured in an undated photograph. Now in his mid-60s, Hsu took over as chief executive of CPC Corp, Taiwan’s refinery division in Kaohsiung in 2019. In January 2022, Ciaotou prosecutors and officials from the Ministry of Justice’s Agency Against Corruption searched Hsu’s office, seizing NT$27.1 million (US $848,177) in cash. In 2024, the Ciaotou District Court rejected a request by Hsu to travel abroad to attend his son’s wedding.

Source: Taipei Times March 19, 2026 17:14 UTC