CAUGHT: The bottle manufacturer allegedly underreported the amount of organic solvents and ink it used and turned off its air pollution control facilities to save money
Taipei Times
Date: Oct 05, 2019
By: Lin Chia-nan / Staff reporter
Nineteen workers at the nation’s biggest bottle manufacturer, in Taichung, were prosecuted yesterday
A thermal imaging camera image taken on July 18 last year shows the chimney temperature at Taiwan Hon Chuan Group’s Taichung factory to be between 40.9 to 44.8°C.
Photo: Chang Jui-chen, Taipei Times
The Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) and the Taichung District Prosecutors’ Office yesterday issued separate statements on the case to tout their joint effort in the case.
The prosecutors’ office said that the investigation was closed on Sept. 20, and 19 workers were prosecuted, including the company’s owner, surnamed Tai (戴), and its general manager, surnamed Tsao (曹).
While the company was only named by its first Chinese character, Hung (宏), in the prosecutors’ office’s statement, local media reported that it is the nation’s largest manufacturer of beverage bottles.
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