Two pig farmers indicted over African swine fever outbreakBy Chen Chien-chih and Hollie Younger / Staff reporter, with staff writerThe Taichung District Prosecutors’ Office today indicted a farmer and his son on charges including document forgery and fraud in a case pertaining to last year’s African swine fever outbreak. The office said it completed its investigation today, finding that the two farmers falsified official documents, underreported pig deaths and profited from the sale of potentially infected pigs. A local official takes samples from a pig farm in an undated photograph. On Oct. 22, a case of African swine fever was detected at Chiao-hsing Livestock Farm in Taichung’s Wuci District (梧棲), prompting a 15-day nationwide ban on transporting and slaughtering pigs. The financial toll of the outbreak — including disruption to businesses and subsequent subsidies — is estimated at NT$2.1 billion (US$67.11 million).

Source: Taipei Times February 25, 2026 08:01 UTC