Hsinchu County magistrate indicted on corruption charges

Hsinchu County Magistrate Yang Wen-ke (楊文科) and 11 others were indicted under the Anti-Corruption Act and other charges on Wednesday for shielding Fong Yi Construction Co., from legal responsibility after the company caused a severe sinkhole in the county last year.

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