Four bailed amid rail investigationSINFONG SAGA: Hua Sheng Engineering Construction and TRA personnel posted bail amid an investigation into alleged collusion over a public tender in Hsinchu CountyBy Jason Pan / Staff reporterFour people were released on bail yesterday amid a probe into alleged corruption over a NT$110 million (US$3.8 million) contract for work at a Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) station in Hsinchu County. The investigation was launched into the tender process for a contract to the reconstruction of the station in Sinfong Township (新豐), which was awarded to Kaohsiung-based Hua Sheng Engineering Construction Co. The entrance to the Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office in the city’s Zhongzheng District is pictured yesterday. The two men reopened the public tender, which was won by Hua Sheng at a reduced bid of NT$100 million, prosecutors said. The High Court ruled in the company’s favor and ordered the TRA to pay it NT$4.94 million.

Source: Taipei Times October 23, 2020 15:56 UTC