Ex-lawmaker Alex Tsai detained on embezzlement suspicions

Former opposition Kuomintang (KMT) lawmaker Alex Tsai (蔡正元) was being held incommunicado at the Taipei Detention Center on Wednesday on allegations that he embezzled hundreds of millions of Taiwan dollars from a film making company.

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