Police have arrested Kaohsiung City Councilor Huang Shao-ting at the airport following his return to Taiwan. Police raided his office on Thursday only to find that he had flown to China hours before. Prosecutors are applying to hold him incommunicado, saying he is a flight risk.
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00:00A Kaohsiung city councilor has been arrested for alleged corruption. Police had raided the offices
00:05of Huang Shaoting of the opposition Kuomintang last Thursday, only to discover that he had flown
00:10to China just hours before. In a statement, Huang said the trip had previously been scheduled,
00:15but he did not provide a return date. Police were waiting for him at the airport when he returned to
00:20Taiwan on Sunday. Prosecutors allege that Huang embezzled public funds intended for his assistance,
00:26and they want him held incommunicado, saying he may be a flight risk.