Taipei Times
Date: Jun 13, 2015
By: Jason Pan  /  Staff reporter

Prosecutors yesterday said they had detained seven suspects and released nine others on bail in an ongoing investigation into military corruption at the 209th Arsenal over the production of CM-32 Clouded Leopard (雲豹) armored vehicles.

The Taichung District Prosecutors’ Office confirmed that Chiang Yi-fu (江義福), chairman of Chung Hsin Electric and Machinery Manufacturing Corp (CHEM, 中興電工), the main contractor in the case, was released yesterday after posting bail of NT$5 million (US$160,123).

Earlier, prosecutors confirmed an investigation of four military personnel, including a colonel and a staff sergeant, at the Ministry of National Defense Armaments Bureau’s 209th Arsenal, which produces tanks and armored vehicles at the Ordinance Readiness Development Center in Nantou County.     [FULL  STORY]