Accused middleman in Sogo department store case also implicated in funeral home bribery scamTaiwan News
Date: 2020/08/01
By: Chris Chang, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Prosecutors on Saturday (Aug. 1) requested the detention of four incumbent and one former lawmaker over allegations of bribery related to a power struggle for the Sogo department stores.

The five politicians were Kuomintang (KMT) legislators Chen Chao-ming (陳超明) and Sufin Siluko (廖國棟), Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) lawmaker Su Chen-ching (蘇震清), independent Chao Cheng-yu (趙正宇) and former New Power Party (NPP) Chairman Hsu Yung-ming (徐永明).

Prosecutors also asked for five other suspects, including businessman Lee Heng-lung (李恆隆), to be detained incommunicado. They argued that if they remained free, they might collude or destroy evidence, the Liberty Times reported.    [FULL  STORY]