How serious is corruption in Taiwan?
How serious is your question?
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As serious as any where else in the world.
But in Taiwan they donāt call it corruption, they call it guanxi!
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How serious can a question be from someone that joined an hour ago and the first post is only a vague six word question?
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Yeah some people donāt make an effort so why bother answering.
Itās a good question, no matter whoās asking. 
That doesnāt mean Iām going to answer it, thoughā¦ 
Corruption in taiwan is pretty corrupt, and serious.
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Maybe the OP is Jason Pan.
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2018/07/12/2003696536
Still most corruption here is at a higher level, albeit wrong. Philippines is so much worse. Guy gets a false 2000 Peso fine from Policeā¦receipt erā¦no.
Do we count as āChinaā/?
Goldman Sachs and/or certain employees are sheeting bricks over this scandal as the firm and those employees helped set up the fund.
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"This plot of land had been illegally occupied by the local chapters of the criminal gangs for many years, from which they operated lucrative funeral services businesses and a number of Taipei city councilors have allegedly been involved in shielding the illicit operations from the police, the report said.
āThe city government had for some time tried to dismantle the illegal structures constructed by these businesses, workers were met by Taipei city councilors and their representative, who protected the businesses and stopped the operation ā¦ā
Even funeral business is in the hands of organized crime! And city councilors are involved?
What about police departments getting bribes from gangster owned adult KTVs?
Honestlyā¦ how lazy are you?
Or are your crumb trails leading back to you truly being Jason Pan.
Unmask yourself!
Thereās a funny one here guy uses government money to take his family with him to Canada and basically says lots of other people do it but no one checks on them.
Paraphrased āMany holiday expense scandals are either simply not investigated or no one dares to investigate themā¦ I was working very hardā¦ and did not have good food or entertainment"
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https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2024/07/12/2003820685
This is supposedly huge news making the rounds. Surprised itās not been posted here (or if it has, I may have missed it). What are the implications for this?
Any insights from more knowledgeable members would be appreciated.
More corruption allegations this time in deep blue Hsinchu County.
Guy
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You can get away with corruption in Taiwan as long as
a) your party is still in power and you have influence
B) the corruption doesnāt lead to obvious shitty infrastructure
He failed on B.
Prosecutors initiated a probe of the Wonder World 520 project in Jhubei City (ē«¹å) after allegations that mismanagement and negligence had led to eight incidents of partial collapses of walls as foundations were being dug and subsidence from March 2022 to the middle of last year.
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Iām still waiting to see how things come down with the dodgy mayor of Hsinchu City, who is also being investigated but for a different sort of financial crime. Weāre suppose to hear about this some time in July . . .
Guy
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People focus on Cheng Wen-tsan, when he took 5m and whether it was illegal is still up for debate, and the DPP suspended Cheng until he clears his name. The Yang Wenko case involves a development company cutting corners causing multiple sink holes on the surrounding roads, and destroyed several cars.
The county government repeatedly permitted the development company to resume construction and resulted in more sink holes. This also wasnāt the first project from this development company that created sink holes. Back in 2015, the same company also caused a giant sink hole in Tikpak (Zhubei).
This development company has been in the news a lot lately. It is also the company that built the luxury tower in Hsinchu that caught fire and killed two firemen. Prior to changing its name, it was responsible for 28 deaths in 921 Earthquake.
So far, the KMT hasnāt done or said anything.
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