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Prosecutors from the Taichung District Prosecutors Office on Thursday searched four companies involved in selling carcinogenic cooking oil, taking 13 people into custody and questioning them overnight. On Friday, the office determined that Yu Ling-chung, the general manager of Central Union Oil, which was the source of the contaminated soya bean oil with carcinogen benzo[a]pyrene at over four times the legal level, was heavily implicated. It has formally requested a court to detain him without bail, incommunicado.

Lee Yu-pei
Taichung District Prosecutors’ Office
After a comprehensive analysis of the seized evidence, prosecutors determined that all 11 defendants are suspected of serious offenses, including violations of the Act Governing Food Safety and Sanitation. Among them, the defendant surnamed Yu, general manager of Central Union Oil poses a risk of destroying or fabricating evidence, or colluding with accomplices and witnesses. Following interrogation, prosecutors applied to the court for his detention incommunicado.

Prosecutors stated that yesterday they conducted raids at six locations, searching four companies: Central Union Oil, Fopco, Fwusou and Taisun, seizing equipment, inspection reports, shipping documents and other evidence. Eleven individuals were named as defendants. Aside from Yu, the remaining 10 defendants, including the chairs of the four companies, were released on bail ranging from NT$500,000 to NT$20 million, depending on the severity of their involvement in the case.

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