
He was ruthless in investigating the case of abandoned soil, cracking the largest case of abandoned soil in Miaoli's history, making illegal profits of nearly 400 million, and prosecuting as many as 49 accomplices in the group.
Peng Yuqing, a Hakka prosecutor from the Miaoli District Prosecutor's Office, was awarded the annual "Golden Circle Award for Outstanding Contribution to Combating Environmental Crime" for investigating the largest waste land case in Miaoli's history, making illegal profits of nearly 400 million and prosecuting 49 accomplices.
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Prosecutor Peng Yuqing of the Miaoli District Prosecutor's Office investigated the largest waste-soil construction case in Miaoli's history in 2024, uncovered a complete criminal industrial chain and prosecuted 49 people.
Peng Yuqing, prosecutor of the Miaoli District Prosecutor's Office, is a descendant of Hakka. He deeply hates the overcrowding of Miaoli's native land and the destruction of the environment. He is not lenient in investigating the waste land case, and cracked the largest waste land case in Miaoli's history. He made an illegal profit of nearly 400 million, prosecuted 49 accomplices in the group, and won the annual "Golden Circle Award for Outstanding Contribution to Combating Environmental Crime."
The Ministry of Environment, together with various ministries, held the "115th Annual Golden Circle Award Ceremony and the National Commendation Conference for Outstanding Teams in the Investigation of Land Conservation and Environmental Crime" yesterday (2nd). Peng Yuqing attended to receive the award. Minister of Justice Cheng Mingqian, Minister of Environment Peng Qiming, Taiwan High Prosecutor's Office Prosecutor General Zhang Douhui and Miaoli District Prosecutor's Office Prosecutor Lin Yingzi were all present to commend her and recognize her outstanding performance in protecting the land and environment.
Peng Yuqing also said emotionally after the ceremony that Miaoli has nurtured a profound Hakka culture, and the rolling mountains and forests are the most important capital of this land. I hope that as a Hakka descendant, I can continue to stick to the front line as a prosecutor in the future, protect the beautiful mountains and forests of Miaoli, and firmly speak out for the silent natural environment.
In 2024, Peng Yuqing joined hands with the Central District Environmental Management Center of the Environmental Management Agency of the Ministry of Environment, the Central District Mobile Work Station of the Investigation Bureau of the Ministry of Justice, as well as the Miaoli County Police Department, Changhua County Police Department and other units to use technology to handle cases and trace the source, and seized the goods that were cleared and transported from the contracted construction site. The complete criminal industrial chain of abandoned construction and waste earth illegally dumped into a field that cooperated with the issuance of false certificates. Construction waste soil was abandoned in Miaoli County, covering an area of 33,933 square meters, approximately the same size as five standard football fields, with illegal profits of nearly 400 million yuan.
In order to implement the "total deprivation of illegal gains" and prevent criminal groups from continuing to go out of business and abandon wasteland, Peng Yuqing enforced the law with an iron fist. During the investigation, he physically seized a total of 39 vehicles and criminal equipment owned by these transportation companies, and simultaneously seized real estate with a current value of more than 120 million yuan and 24 million yuan in cash. The entire case was investigated and prosecuted, and as many as 49 accomplices of the group were prosecuted. The court requested the court to confiscate the criminal equipment and all illegal gains in accordance with the law.

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