, was finally sentenced to seven years in prison for bribery. Li Shude, the former Taipei Finance Director of the same case, was sentenced to nine years in prison. Taipei Mayor Ke Wen-je criticized the Taiwan authorities and reviewed the big dome case, "seven drags and eight drags", not to sacrifice the interests of the people for the interests of the party. A representative of the Taipei City representative from the Democratic Progressive Party criticized the fact that when he took office, Ke Wenzhe, who shouted to resolve the five major ill cases, raised his head high and let go of the slightest.
7 Taipei Big Dome case verdict was released
Founder of Yuanxiong Group Zhao Tengxiong (Chinese)
On October 28, Taipei District Court verdict on four major cases including the "Big Dome case", Yuanxiong Group New Taipei land development, military village reconstruction, and hollowing out Yuanxiong Life Insurance.
There are 31 defendants in this series of cases, one of whom was sentenced to public prosecution for his death, including 23 people, including Zhao Tengxiong, the son of the founder of Yuanxiong Group, who were sentenced to not guilty, and 7 of them were sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment ranging from 1 year, 2 months to 10 years. The most popular thing is that Zhao Tengxiong, the founder of Yuanxiong Group, was sentenced to 7 years for suspected bribery; Zhou Shengkao, the public opinion representative of New Taipei City, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for accepting bribes and other crimes, and he was also the defendant with the longest sentence.
In addition, former Director of the Construction Department, Hong Jiahong, was sentenced to 8 years and 2 months in prison, and former Taipei City Finance Director Li Shude was sentenced to nine years in prison for Toli Yuanxiong and deprived of his public rights for five years.
Regarding the judgment of this case, Yang Shunqin, deputy general manager of Yuanxiong Group, said that in the process of the Big Dome, Yuanxiong Group handles everything in accordance with the law and contract, and the review process is also carried out in accordance with the procedures, and there is no improper benefit obtained from it. Regarding the verdict of Zhao Tengxiong, the founder of Yuanxiong, Yang Shunqin said that it was a pity that the judge did not adopt Zhao Tengxiong's reason and would propose follow-up actions after receiving the verdict. He also emphasized that Yuanxiong Group has actively implemented the professional manager system, strengthened corporate governance and regulatory compliance mechanisms, etc., the company has completed its successor, and all business entities are operating normally and growing steadily, and the group's finance and operations are not affected by this case.
Zhou Shengkao said that in order to defend his innocence, he will appeal according to law. The verdict shows that when Li Shude was appointed as the director of the Taipei City Finance Bureau, the then mayor of Taipei Ma Ying-jeou instructed him to make full decisions. He was accused of leading the ruling at the review meeting to relax land authority and operating assets disposal restrictions to benefit the developer of the giant dome. Zhou Shengkao was accused of being a distant hero, "Jiu Shi".
Taipei Dome
A Taipei Dome was originally a landmark building in Taipei City. However, it has had a tragic fate all the way and has been controversial so far, which makes people sigh!
8 years ago, when Ke Wenzhe ran for mayor of Taipei, he started to "beat eggs". He was about to step down at the end of the year, and the big dome was only in trial operation. After the verdict on the Far-Empty Dome case was released, Ko Wen-je criticized the Taiwan authorities for reviewing the Dome on October 29 as "seven and eight" and asked the authorities not to sacrifice the interests of the party and the people.
Ko Wenzhe pointed out that the big dome is the "peaking work" of complex political and business relations. He said that although it is important to hold who will be responsible for the big dome, the focus is when the big dome will be enabled. It has been a year and a half since the review of the fire protection and shelter performance of the Big Dome.
Former Taipei City Finance Director Li Shude was Ma Ying-jeou's former "love general" and was later promoted to the head of the finance department. He was sentenced to 9 years in prison this time. It remains to be seen whether it will affect the election situation of the "Blue Camp". Chen Shuhua, a representative of the Taipei public opinion from the Democratic Progressive Party, pointed his "muzzle" at Ke Wenzhe, criticizing Ke Wenzhe, who shouted to resolve the five major ill cases when he took office, and raised him high and let him go.
Taipei mayor candidate Huang Shanshan said that when she questioned Li Shude 20 years ago, she gave him six words "weird, weird, weird" to him.
Former Taipei City Finance Director Li Shude
Former Taipei City Finance Director Li Shude, who later served as the head of Taiwan's finance department, represented the Taipei City Government in 2004 to discuss the Big Dome BOT case, suspected of letting the Yuanxiong Group make more than NT$3 billion in profits, and was prosecuted by the Taipei prosecutor. The
Dome case involves more than 30 defendants and is also called the "egg beating case" by public opinion on the island. Over the past few years, there have been cases in this case, which are complicated and various political interests are involved. For example, Zhao Xinqing, the second son of Zhao Tengxiong, the founder of Yuanxiong Group, who was acquitted this time, was the manager of Yuanxiong Life Insurance at the time. He was once restricted from leaving the country and going to sea. After being lifted, the judge refused to allow it, worried that he and Li Shude and others would still have the risk of escaping.
Taipei Dome, its name is to distinguish the " Dome " that has been completed and put into use, and is also a major construction project that has attracted much attention in Taipei City for many years. Taipei Dome was founded in 1991 and was listed as a key urban construction project in Taipei City in 1993. In 1995, when Hao Longbin was the mayor of Taipei, the municipal government planned to build the Taipei Dome at the former site of Songshan Tobacco Factory. Since the filing time, Taipei Dome has been in charge for 31 years. Ke Wenzhe, who has been mayor for 8 years, is about to step down. Although the Taipei Dome has been roughly completed, reviews such as firefighting and shelter are still to be approved, which can be regarded as a " half-sub-sub-project ".
Over the years, Zhao Tengxiong, a builder behind the big dome, has had a hard time living with his father and son. The corruption case has been entangled, and even the cemetery of his Miaoli parents has been sued. A Taipei Dome is also a vivid portrayal of the slowness of Taiwan's major construction projects. For more than 30 years, if the political "slobbery" that has been controversial and attacked each other, it may be filled with the dome!
A generation of architectural heroes trapped in the big dome Zhao Tengxiong
Detained Far-Xiong founder Zhao Tengxiong
In June 2017, the Taipei Procuratorate directed the ICAC to divide 50 troops, searched and interviewed 66 people, including Zhao Tengxiong, the founder of Yuanxiong Group. On October 31 of that year, the Yuanxiong corruption case was concluded. At that time, 31 people including Zhao Tengxiong, Zhou Shengkao, Li Shude, Hong Jiahong, etc. were prosecuted in accordance with the crimes of corruption and illegal securities laws, and 13 people were prosecuted, with the deferred prosecution margin reaching NT$47.1 million, and the proceeds of criminal proceeds paid were NT$35.5 million.
At first, when the prosecution prosecuted, the "main culprit" Zhao Tengxiong was sentenced to 24 years in prison, Li Shude was 10 years in prison, Taiwan Construction Chief Executive Xu Mingwen was 9 years in prison, and Zhou Shengcai was 10 years in prison. Initially, there were 5 major cases of the Dajiudong corruption case: 1. The case of Zhao Tengxiong hollowing out Yuanxiong Life Insurance; 2. Li Shude was suspected of forging documents with and ; 3. Hong Jiahong asked for bribes from Yuanxiong, Changyi and Guande; 4. Xu Mingwen, former CEO of Taiwan Construction Center, reviewed the case of water release and profit in Dajiudong Fire Protection; 5. In the case of Tucheng and Xinzhuang urban renewal, Zhou Shengkao collected Yuanxiong and bribed officials from New Taipei City. When the five major ill cases of the Far Eagle Dome were prosecuted, Zhao Tengxiong and his son were both prosecuted. "The tiger falls into Pingyang and is bullied by dogs." In addition to being involved in five major ill cases, Zhao Tengxiong's mother and ancestors' cemetery in Xiushuidu, Houlong Town, Miaoli County, was also accused of occupying the forest land, but later the Miaoli court sentenced Zhao Tengxiong to not guilty.
From Hao Longbin filed a case for the Big Dome project 30 years ago, to Ke Wenzhe holding up the banner of "beating eggs" to the day when the Big Dome judgment was released, during which the blue, white and green parties on the island controversy over the Big Dome. The distant Zhao Tengxiong family, sandwiched in the center of the storm, has also become an air-feeding pump that all forces want to hold. Zhao Tengxiong has also changed from a glorious real estate successful person to a "fake king" written by the media. His life is ups and downs, which is ridiculous and sad!
Founder of Yuanxiong Group Zhao Tengxiong
2022 Forbes Taiwan Rich List, Yuanxiong Zhao Tengxiong family ranked 23rd among the top 50 richest people in Taiwan, with a net worth of US$2.4 billion.Yuanxiong Group, founded in 1969, is the founder of Zhao Tengxiong, who started from scratch and started in architecture.
53 years, the industries of Yuanxiong Group have covered construction (Yuanxiong Construction, Yuanxiong Construction, Yuanxiong Real Estate, Dongyuan Construction), financial insurance (Yuanxiong Life Insurance), air transportation logistics (Yuanxiong Free Trade Port Holdings, etc.), hotel tourism (Yuanxiong Maritime Park, Yuanxiong Yuelai Hotel (Hualian), Yuele Hotel), Dome Park (Taipei’s Dome), Yuanxiong Department Store, Yuanxiong Creative Arts, and Yuanxiong Cultural and Educational Foundation.
For many years, Yuanxiong Group has been the leading company in the real estate industry on the island of Taiwan. Yuanxiong Taipei Dome Business Company, specially established for Taipei Dome, is a subsidiary of Yuanxiong Construction and Investment. In addition to the Dome Stadium, the Big Dome Project also includes five major buildings, including hotels, offices, shopping malls and cinemas.
Zhao Tengxiong could not have imagined that one day he would be trapped in the big dome and even be imprisoned. If the big dome, which has been bumpy for 30 years, is as progress as it is, if the ribbon-cutting ceremony is held, it is probably not Ko Wen-je who has served as the first mayor of Taipei. Of course, if the dome is completed and put into use, the Yuanxiong Group can also make good profits.
At the end of May 2022, Mayor Ke Wenzhe made a decision on the profit of the Dome: he announced the adoption of "bottom-in-bottom excess profit", that is, Taipei Dome's annual revenue must return 0.6% of the revenue to the Taipei Municipal Government. If the annual revenue exceeds 0-20%, the proportion will be raised to 1%. If the ratio exceeds 20%, it will be 1.6% profit.
also caused by the Great Dome corruption case, Zhao Tengxiong had to accelerate his cross-generational inheritance. He had previously resigned as chairman of Far-Xiong Group and handed over the baton to his eldest son Zhao Wenjia for full authority to deal with it. When he was prosecuted in 2017, Zhao Tengxiong, his eldest son Zhao Wenjia and his second son Zhao Xinqing were both prosecuted. In this verdict, Zhao Tengxiong's son was acquitted, which is also a blessing in disgrace for Zhao Tengxiong.
Zhao Tengxiong
Zhao Tengxiong, born in October 1944, this year, 78 years old. He was born in a farmhouse on the beach of Miaoli. He went north to start a business and started from scratch. He successively founded Far East Construction and Far Evergrande Group in Taipei. He also invested in mainland China, the United States, France and , Middle East and other places very early.
Zhao Tengxiong was once known as a generation of heroes in Taiwan's construction industry, and won the titles of "the father of factory office", "digital architecture originator", and " Guo Taiming of the construction industry". When he went to Taipei to work hard from his hometown in Miaoli, Zhao Tengxiong only had 300 yuan in his pocket. Even after his success, he never said that he was a rich man, but just an ordinary person who started from scratch.
Zhao Tengxiong once revealed that there are 3 noble people in his life. A noble man was his father Zhao Wanzhi. In his early years, his father took him to the mountains and seas. In order to raise money for the treatment of his illness, he reluctantly sold his land for 160 yuan. After recovering from the illness, my father cheered up again and bought the land back. Zhao Tengxiong said that his father's determination to become more and more courageous as he sets his face, affected his life.
Zhao Tengxiong's second nobleman was Teacher Li when he was studying at Miaoli Waipu Primary School in his childhood. In order to get the students to get 100 points, Teacher Li gave the students free lessons until 7 pm; if he didn't do well in the exam, Teacher Li would be so angry that he interrupted the rattan. Zhao Tengxiong said that Teacher Li laid the foundation for him to learn, and the teacher's solid style of step by step deeply influenced him.
Zhao Tengxiong started from scratch and started with construction projects. When he was just starting out to learn how to build a building, there was a Master Wei who nailed cement formwork. He usually did very strict things. Many apprentices could not stand his strict discipline and retreated one after another. Zhao Tengxiong was very grateful to Master Wei, who was a disciple of his master and learned skills. It was the master who taught him that he was not afraid of difficulties that he later achieved himself.
In May 2014, Zhao Tengxiong was imprisoned in the detention center for 3 months because he was involved in the bribery case of Ye Shiwen.In the hot room, he decided to hand over the baton to the second generation as soon as possible. A week after his release, he gave his second son a "dividing the labor and business" and asked his eldest son Zhao Wenjia to take over the chairman of Yuanxiong Construction, and his second son Zhao Xinqing joined the board of directors of Yuanxiong Life Insurance.
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