The China Post
August 12, 2010
By Lin Chang-Shun and Sofia Wu, CNA
TAIPEI — A lawyer and his girlfriend were taken into custody Thursday as part of a probe into a bribery case that implicates at least one Taiwan High Court judge.
The Taipei District Court agreed to a prosecutorial request to detain Chiu Chuan-shun and his girlfriend Tuan Mei-yueh to facilitate investigations into a bribery case involving Yang Ping-chen, a Taiwan High Court judge.
Prosecutors applied for detention of Chiu and Tuan late Wednesday after questioning them and many others about their alleged involvement in the corruption case.
Prosecutors and investigators raided 20 locations in major cities in northern Taiwan Wednesday in a new drive to root out corruption in the judiciary.
Among the locations searched were the residences of Yang and Chiu, a high court spokesman said. more …
