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zheng wencan, former chairman of the straits exchange foundation of taiwan. (photo source: taiwan tvbs)

china taiwan network reported on august 28 that according to taiwan media reports, zheng wencan, former chairman of the straits exchange foundation of taiwan, was indicted by the taiwan prosecutors for allegedly accepting bribes during his tenure as mayor of taoyuan. he was detained and denied access to visitors on july 11. yesterday evening (27th), the taoyuan district court held a hearing to determine whether to continue the detention and concluded the investigation and prosecuted zheng wencan and 11 others. among them, zheng wencan, former deputy general manager of formosa plastics group hou shuiwen, former consultant of formosa plastics liao junsong and his sons liao liting and liao jiaxing were transferred to the taoyuan district court for trial. in the early morning of today, zheng wencan was ordered to release bail at nt$28 million (new taiwan dollars, the same below), and the other four were released on bail ranging from nt$250,000 to nt$2.05 million.

it is understood that zheng wencan still denied any criminal behavior during the trial, but the statements of other suspects, wiretap translations and various evidences were sufficient to prove that zheng wencan was a serious suspect, and the lightest crime he committed would require a sentence of more than five years in prison. after considering factors such as zheng wencan's involvement in the case and the possibility of his escape, the taoyuan district court determined that zheng wencan was at risk of fleeing, but there was no need to detain him. in the end, it ruled to pay bail of nt$28 million, and restricted his residence and his exit from the country and the sea for eight months, and prohibited him from contacting his co-defendants.

it was also reported that during the investigation of the zheng wencan case, the taiwan prosecutor's office found more than 6.78 million yuan in zheng wencan's secret cabinet and will investigate the crime of unknown source of property in a separate case.

in response to this, taiwanese media person huang yangming posted on social media that according to information provided by the taoyuan district procuratorate, the outer packaging of cash found at zheng wencan's residence showed identification patterns of banks including bank of taiwan, taiwan sinopac bank, and taiwan shin kong bank. however, in the property declaration data that zheng wencan obtained in his most recent query, there was no taiwan sinopac bank or taiwan shin kong bank in the bank where he and his wife opened deposit accounts.

huang yangming said that if zheng wencan cannot explain the source of the cash, it is not surprising that the taiwan prosecutors will investigate the crime of unknown source of property in a separate case. (editor/zhang ling)