Former Taoyuan Mayor Cheng Wen-tsan has been released on bail of over US$800,000 after being indicted on corruption charges. Cheng is accused of accepting bribes in connection to a redistricting project in Taoyuan during his tenure as mayor from 2014 to 2022. Prosecutors are seeking a 12-year prison sentence in the case.
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00:00Former Vice Premier Zeng Wenzhan has been released on bail after being charged with corruption.
00:06Zeng paid bail of over US$800,000 just a day after he was indicted.
00:11The Democratic Progressive Party heavyweight is accused of accepting bribes to redistrict
00:17a development project while he was mayor of Taoyuan City from 2014 to 2022. Prosecutors
00:24are requesting a 12-year sentence in the case. Wenzhan's co-defendants have also been released
00:30on bail.