Known as the "Beauty Witch of Biotechnology," the former vice president of I-Shou University and the former chairman of Sangui Company, Yang Chi-hui, was accused by Sangui of stealing business secrets and using the company's research results to guide her doctoral thesis. On the bridge of Songshan Airport, she was attacked by an investigator from the Taipei City Investigation Office who was familiar with senior executives of Sangui. Liu Jinxun was illegally handcuffed and arrested. In August this year, the Beijing Prosecutor's Office prosecuted Liu for profiteering. Yang Zhihui believed that her rights and interests had been illegally violated by civil servants and asked the state for compensation of 5 million yuan. During the court session a few days ago, she was interviewed and said that no matter how much compensation the court awarded, she would not take any money and would donate all of it to sheltered workshops.
Liu Jinxun, the former leader of the Zhongzheng Investigation Station of the Taipei City Investigation Bureau, found out that he had long been receiving free entertainment such as banquets, singing, golf lessons, and concert tickets from the senior management of the third-consulting company. The article helped collect evidence for the lawsuit. On August 16 this year, the Beijing Prosecutor's Office concluded the investigation and charged Liu with illegal profits and leaking secrets as a public servant. They criticized him for "using personal power to harm the public" and "turning the country's public power into a tool to stand up for his friends." He specifically asked for eight years in prison and deprivation of public power.
Yang Zhihui was the former chairman of Sangu. In August 2022, she reported to the National Development Fund, which had invested 115 million yuan in Sangu and its subsidiary Lejia Company of 279 million yuan, that Chen Zongji, the senior executive of Sangu, was suspected of promoting the transfer of knee cartilage cell sheet regeneration technology cooperated by Taiwan and Japan into China through the Hong Kong structure. The content involved Chinese market operation plans, Hong Kong companies, technology licensing and funding arrangements, etc. The Japanese partner company asked Sangu to explain, and finally terminated the technology transfer cooperation.
Yang Zhihui alleged that after she made the report, in September 2022, Chen Zongji forced her to resign as a representative of the third-party board of directors. In November, she appointed a lawyer to go to the Bureau of Investigation to accuse her of allegedly using the company's research results as a guide for doctoral students and obstructing third-party cooperation with China, resulting in a loss of 5 billion yuan in business opportunities.
In June 2023, the Investigation Bureau launched a search, handcuffed and arrested Yang Zhihui on the air bridge of Songshan Airport, who had just returned to Taiwan, and restricted her movement for 16 hours. Yang applied to the court for arraignment, and the judge ruled that she should be released in court.
The Supervisory Yuan opened the case for investigation, and in July 2025, it was determined that the investigation of the Yang Zhihui case involved violations of procedural justice, illegal search and identification, abuse of restraint equipment, biased stance and other major violations, and passed the correction investigation bureau, Taipei City Mediation Office and Beijing Prosecutor's Office.
Ms. Yang believed that she had been unfairly prosecuted and filed a lawsuit with the Bureau of Investigation for state compensation of 5 million yuan. The Taipei District Court held a court hearing recently. In an interview outside the court, Yang Zhihui said that the purpose of her lawsuit was not for money, but to clarify whether there were any violations of law and abuse of power during the three-year judicial investigation. In the future, no matter how much compensation the court awards, all will be donated to sheltered workshops for public welfare.
