Former Taipei Motor Vehicles Office Chief Sentenced to 11 Years, 11 Months in Bribery Case Appeal
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Yuan Kuo-chih, former chief of the Taipei City Motor Vehicles Office, was sentenced to 11 years and 11 months in prison in a second-instance trial for accepting bribes and receiving kickbacks. The Taiwan High Court on Tuesday upheld most of the initial verdict but slightly reduced the sentence from 12 years, finding a lack of clear quid pro quo for gifts like tea leaves. Yuan was convicted of taking NT$1.712 million in dividends from a clinic where he held "dry shares" and a NT$100,000 bribe to expedite a parking lot permit. The ruling can be appealed.