Graft charges for Taiwan judge with 3 families
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Taiwan prosecutors have indicted a judge on corruption charges and are seeking to confiscate over US$1.5 million in alleged illicit assets.
Hu Chin-pin, a senior judge at the central Taichung High Court, has been charged with accepting bribes, according to a statement by the special prosecutors office at the end of a three-year investigation.
Five other people were also charged in connection with bribery, money laundering and fraud allegations, the office said.
Among them was a girlfriend of Hu surnamed Huang.
Prosecutors found that Hu’s assets had soared by NT$46.47 million (US$1.54 million) since 2010, kept in family members’ bank accounts and used for credit card expenses as well as the purchase of a luxury car.
The income was “the largest ever found among judicial officials,” the statement said.
“What Hu did has marred the image of government officials and spoiled judicial morals. Even worse, he has shown no remorse since the outbreak of the scandal... We request the courts to levy the heaviest possible punishment on him,” it said.
Prosecutors concluded that Hu must have taken more bribes during his judicial career to support his wife, two girlfriends as well as six children.
“Given his income, he could not have supported the huge expenses of the three families,” prosecutor Lin Feng-wen told reporters.
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