WITHDRAWAL REJECTED:Architect Cheng Chin-kuei’s wife attempted to withdraw NT$10 million in cash from his Taishin International Bank account, but was rejected
Taipei Times
Date: Feb 16, 2016
By: Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, with CNA
The Tainan City Government yesterday filed for additional provisional
Rescue teams stand by as heavy excavation machinery dig through the rubble of the Weiguan Jinlong complex in Tainan yesterday. Photo: Johnson Lai, AP
seizures of NT$220 million (US$6.58 million) in assets and funds belonging to people under investigation in connection with the collapse of the Weiguan Jinlong residential complex, including developer Lin Ming-hui (林明輝) and architects Cheng Chin-kuei (鄭進貴) and Chang Kuei-pao (張魁寶).
The complex — built by now-defunct Weiguan Construction Co (維冠建設) — in the city’s Yongkang District (永康) claimed 114 lives after it collapsed when a magnitude 6.4 quake struck Tainan on Feb. 6. Prosecutors and city officials said Weiguang Construction workers should be held responsible for circumventing safety codes.
Lin — believed to be the former owner of Weiguan Construction — and the two architects were among nine people named in the city’s original NT$30 million provisional seizure request that the Tainan District Court granted, Tainan Department of Legal Affairs Director Siao Bo-ren (蕭博仁) said. [FULL STORY]
