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Suspect in green energy fraud case turns himself in
Former DPP lawmaker Chen Qi-yu has turned himself in to prosecutors as part of an investigation into allegations of fraud at a state-linked green energy enterprise in Tainan. He arrived at the Tainan District Prosecutors' Office with his lawyer three weeks after a warrant was issued for his arrest.
Chen was the chairman of Taiyen Green Energy from 2016 to 2021 and a member of the Legislative Yuan from 2005 to 2010.
Prosecutors say they believe he violated the Securities and Exchange Act for breach of trust offenses and the Criminal Code for knowingly causing a public servant to publish an official document containing false information. A court has now ordered Chen to be detained as prosecutors continue their investigation.
Prosecutors initially sought to detain Chen along with four other suspects on 23 October, but the court rejected that detention order. They then successfully appealed that ruling at the Taiwan High Court, another detention hearing was scheduled for 1 November. However, Chen failed to appear at the hearing and a warrant was issued for his arrest on 4 November. The four other suspects wanted in connection to the case are all already in detention.
