Former chairman of Taiwan Water Company Xu Xiangkun (middle) was arrested by Miaoli police. (Image source: Taiwan "Zhongshi Electronic News")
According to Taiwan’s "Zhongshi Electronic News", Xu Xiangkun, the former chairman of Taiwan Waterworks Company, was involved in multiple corruption cases. He was sentenced to 8 years in prison in 2017 but did not serve his sentence at the end of November. They even participated in high-profile activities. On December 1, the Miaoli police seized and arrested them in Zhonghe District, New Taipei City.
Xu Xiangkun is a member of the Miaoli Mansion. He has a master's degree in agricultural engineering from the Department of Agricultural Engineering and Research Institute of National Taiwan University, and a doctorate degree in engineering from the Institute of Civil Engineering, National Cheng Kung University. The "Director of Water Resources of the Ministry of Economic Affairs", Taiwan's "Legislative Yuan" Counselor, Taiwan's "Legislative Yuan Science and Technology and Information Committee Special Committee", Taiwan's "Executive Yuan Counselor", and Taiwan Water Company Chairman.
Xu Xiangkun was involved in multiple corruption cases. In 1999, he was suspected of using overseas inspections to repeatedly collect travel expenses, fraudulently collecting more than 248,000 yuan (NTD, the same below); in 2007, he was sentenced to 7 years and 2 months in prison by the court and has already served his sentence. He joined the DPP in 2004 and was appointed chairman of the Taiwan Water Company in 2005. From September 2005 to September 2007, he served as the chairman of the Water Supply Company. He accepted 5 million yuan in bribes from Jintang Company. In 2017, he was sentenced to 8 years in prison. He was wanted by the Taichung District Procuratorate in March last year for failing to appear. Unexpectedly, he evaded criminal responsibility. On November 21st, he also received the delegation with Miaoli County government officials.
Miaoli Police Sub-director Lai Mingzhu said that Xu Xiangkun was registered in the mansion township, but he lived in northern Taiwan for a long time and rarely returned. Miaoli. When he was arrested, Xu Xiangkun looked blank and asked in astonishment, "Isn't it still appealing?" Finally, he was handcuffed to end his 20-month fugitive life. In the evening, Xu Xiangkun was escorted by the police and returned to the Miaoli police station. When asked if he knew he was wanted, they were silent and did not respond. After the police completed the transcript, they were sent to the Taichung District Prosecutor's Office to bring the case. The relevant person in charge of
said that Xu Xiangkun was very enthusiastic about politics. He originally wanted to elect the county governor of Miaoli but failed. Later, he switched to the green camp and danced with long sleeves. When Chen Shuibian was the leader of the Taiwan region and Hsieh Changting was the head of the administrative department of the Taiwan authorities, he actively wanted to get stuck." The official position of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, even with the assistance of a high-level member of the "Executive Yuan", wanted to become the "Minister of Economic Affairs." But at that time, he was questioned for his ethics in a previous lawsuit, but he was promoted to the chairman of Taishui. (China Taiwan Network, Jia Ruolan)
