Ting Hsin owner out on NT$100 mil. bail
By Katherine Wei ,The China Post
January 29, 2015, 12:00 am TWN
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- The Taipei District Court yesterday released former Ting Hsin Oil & Fat Industrial Co. (頂新製油實業) Chairman Wei Ying-chung (魏應充) on bail of NT$100 million after Wei was detained and indicted for alleged fraud and using inedible oil in cooking oil as well as food products.
Having investigated the Ting Hsin tainted oil case since last September, the Changhua Prosecutors Office yesterday expressed its disbelief regarding the court's bail decision, saying that the prosecution has decided to file an appeal. As the Ting Hsin oil scandal broke, four local prosecutors from Changhua, Chiayi, Tainan and Kaohsiung started to investigate the matter and officially requested Wei's indictment at the local court last November.
The prosecutors registered their surprise over the court's decision, with some saying that since all relevant evidence has been collected, and the case's direction had been decided from the beginning, the defendants were consequently released on bail.
Also released on bail were other Ting Hsin officials, including its acting Chairman Chen Mao-chia (陳茂嘉) and the company's General Director Chang Mei-feng (常梅峰).
The court held two trials relating to the case previously, with the main controversy surrounding the process of Ting Hsin dispatching its staff to oversee oil production by Vietnamese manufacturer Dai Hanh Phuc Company (大幸福公司) — using feed oil to produce food oil for human consumption — and the supposed inspection procedure of the latter.
Prosecutors said that Wei allowed his employees to continue purchasing animal feed oil from Dai Hanh Phuc Company, using feed oil for human food products. Wei has been charged with fraud, forgery and violations of the Act Governing Food Safety and Sanitation.
Five witnesses and defendants, all ranking officials of the oil company, have been questioned regarding the oil manufacturing scandals, said the Changhua District Court. “As the ... investigations are complete, the court feels that the witnesses may well be cooperating with future investigations if they have paid certain sums in bail and if limitations on residence are imposed,” the court announced.
Prosecutors to Appeal
The Changhua prosecution will be insistent on filing an appeal, as the prosecutors deemed that ambiguity surrounding the defendants' capital overseas, and other Ting Hsin personnel related to the Dai Hanh Phuc Company, have not been questioned in detail yet. It is possible that the defendants could collude to falsify their testimonies as well, said the prosecutors.
“We will be filing an appeal as soon as the court's verdict documents are released,” said Lin Han-chiang, the head prosecutor of the Changhua Prosecutors Office.
The case was taken to court for the second time yesterday, and it was ruled that Wei is to report to the local police station near his residence every day after paying his NT$100 million bail.
Structure of the lead
WHO-The Taipei District Court
WHAT-released former Ting Hsin Oil & Fat Industrial Co. (頂新製油實業) Chairman Wei Ying-chung (魏應充)
WHEN-yesterday
WHERE-not given
WHY-on bail of NT$100 million
HOW-not given
Keywords
- alleged:有嫌疑的
- fraud:欺騙
- Prosecutors:檢察官
- prosecution:控方(律師)
- indictment:起訴書
- dispatch:派遣
- forgery:偽造品
I am so sad to hear that the food safety happens again and again.I can't image why Taiwanese enterprise tries to hurt Taiwanese people's health by using unhealthy ingredient just in order to earn more profit.I think it is a good idea to boycott the food that Ting Hsin produce because it is also a chance for Taiwan enterprise know that if they try to gain more money in this vile way,they will suffer from more loss than benefit.I hope that the terrible food safety problem will gradually disappear in Taiwan.
回覆刪除I think Wei Ying-chung should not be released. He disregarded people's health. He made the oil that contained harmful ingredient only for his own benefit. He had made a lot of profit from selling bad oil to people. I don't think paying NT$100 million bail can make Wei introspect his fault. We should refuse to buy the product that manufacture by the bad company.
回覆刪除i am very angry to hear such a bad thing. I cannot understand the reason that Ting Hsin, such a big company, sacrificed all Taiwanese' s lives only to make much bigger profits. Ting Hsin has earned a lot of money. Why they don' t know what is satisfaction? They not only hurt the reputation but also our precious lives. I ope that there will not be any food scandals happening. on the other hand, I don' t think this terrible thing can be handled by money. they must got the hush punishment rather than just give money.
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