According to a report by Taiwan’s TVBS news website on December 5, a series of green photovoltaic fraud cases have broken out across Changhua. When the local district attorney’s office investigated a solar photovoltaic systems engineering in a camp, it was discovered that a Colonel Zhang, a retired Lieutenant Colonel X? of the Air Force, a sergeant surnamed Chen who was suspected of colluding with the wing, and a retired employee surnamed ye of the lieutenant colonel were soliciting bribes and escorts from green energy manufacturers through a gangster-backed broker surnamed Chen. After the search, the prosecution seized nt $1.3 million in cash and obtained approval to apply for the detention of a manufacturer surnamed Huang, a broker surnamed Chen, a sergeant surnamed Chen and an employee surnamed Ye.
The Changhua District Attorney’s Office is investigating the Taiwanese army’s involvement in green energy corruption. Photo by T?mori News
According to reports, the Changhua District Attorney’s office said on the 5th that Chen Dingwen, a prosecutor with the anti-corruption group of the Changhua District Attorney’s office, had investigated the period when a retired lieutenant colonel surnamed Colonel Zhang and X? had been the chief of the section of a wing, a corruption case involving a green energy manufacturer that was allegedly escorted by Sergeant Chen and retired Lieutenant Colonel Ye. On the 3rd, various units including the Bureau’s Mobile workstations in the central region separately searched 34 locations, $1.3 million in cash.
At the same time, the Changhua District Attorney’s office notified 31 defendants and witnesses involved in the case to come to the case. After a retrial by 13 prosecutors, 29 of them, a retired lieutenant colonel surnamed Xu, was released on bail of 500,000 yuan, the rest were insured for $100,000 to $500,000. Chief Petty Officer Chen, retired Lieutenant Colonel Ye, Green Power Broker Chen and manufacturer Huang were all suspected of committing crimes. Prosecutors applied to the Changhua District Court on the 4th for a detention ban and were granted.
Taiwan’s“Freedom Times” said that Taiwan has been vigorously developing green-energy photovoltaics in recent years, and the locations of the photovoltaics also include the camps scattered across Taiwan by the Taiwanese army. Prosecutors found out from the money flow of other cases that, it also involved the Taiwanese army, so the investigation was launched.
After the news came out, some netizens in the island commented, “It is obvious that corruption is getting worse.”.