Taipei Times
Date: May 27, 2015
By: Jason Pan  /  Staff reporter

Two senior New Taipei City police officers yesterday were detained incommunicado

New Taipei City Lujhou District police chief Lu Chih-hsiu, left, tries to cover his face after being released on bail yesterday. Photo: Hsieh Chun-lin, Taipei Times

and two more were released on bail after being questioned over allegations of involvement in loan sharking and illegally confiscating private property.

Prosecutors detained Criminal Investigation Division senior specialist Chang Ming-wei (張明偉) and Haishan Precinct Captain Chang Wen-hsien (張文賢) to prevent them from fleeing or colluding with others amid a corruption probe that has reached into the upper echelons of the city’s police.

Wensheng Borough (文聖) police station chief Chang Ming-chao (張明朝) and Luzhou District (蘆洲) police station chief Lu Chih-hsiu (呂志修) were freed after posting bail of NT$200,000 (US$6,513) each.     [FULL  STORY]