Military contractor sentenced for using Chinese materialsBy Pao Chien-hsin and Hollie Younger / Staff reporter, with staff writerThe Kaohsiung branch of the High Court earlier this month sentenced a military contractor to five years and two months in prison for fraud after finding them guilty of importing raw materials from China and selling them for illegal profits of up to NT$40 million (US$1.25 million). The court upheld a guilty verdict and decreased the sentence by four months, after the first-instance trial at the Ciaotou District Court sentenced the contractor to five years and six months for document forgery and other offenses. Photo: Taipei TimesThe contractor, surnamed Yang (楊), was involved in a procurement tender issued by the Ministry of National Defense’s Armaments Bureau. The court found that Yang knowingly sold shock-absorbing pads made of polyurethane with raw materials imported from China, not from Europe, as per regulations. The contractor allegedly forged documents to claim that the materials were polyethylene foam imported from Europe.

Source: Taipei Times March 30, 2026 08:29 UTC