The scandal of Nuclear 2 is burning towards Nuclear 1! The manager of the repair and maintenance team was implicated in purchasing leaks, and the person in charge of Lianyi was detained and banned.

The procurement fraud case at Nuclear Power Plant No. 2 was extended to Nuclear Power Plant No. 1. The anti-corruption inspection team traced more than 7 million yuan in cash stored in a mini-storage by deputy director Chen Congde. Three other operators were found to be suspected of bribery. Nuclear energy repair team manager Xie Bingzhang and engineer Gao Mengxian were involved in the procurement leak case at Nuclear Power Plant No. 1. The Taipei District Prosecutor's Office searched 17 locations yesterday and interviewed nine defendants. After a late-night review, this morning they requested the detention of Xie Bingzhang and the head of Lianyi Enterprises, Lu Yiming.

The prosecutor also ordered Chen Congde and Xu Xiaohong, the person in charge of Qinye Mechanical Engineering, to post bail of NT$500,000 each. Gao Mengxian, the engineer of the repair team of the No. 1 nuclear plant, Liu Youshan, the owner, and Xie Guoshu, who posted bail of NT$180,000, were ordered to post bail of NT$180,000. Each of the five people was restricted from leaving the country or overseas. Wu Meilian, the person in charge of Hongdu Engineering, was ordered to post bail of NT$300,000.

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The inspection team learned that when the No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant handled the procurement case of the "top-level diversion shell" for emergency seawater pump parts in 2024, Xie Bingzhang allegedly instructed Gao Mengxian to leak the procurement specifications and information to Xu Xiaohong. Lu Yiming and his son, who represent Lianyi Enterprises, are suspected of making an agreement with Xu Nan that Qinye would give up the bid and let Lianyi win the bid.

According to public bidding information, on September 26, 2024, Lianyi Enterprise won the bid for 3.7695 million yuan. Yesterday, the inspection team searched 17 locations including the No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant, interviewed relevant Taipower personnel and industry players, and clarified information delivery, bidding agreements, and the division of labor among each person.

This wave of investigations stems from the procurement fraud case at the Second Nuclear Plant. The inspection team previously seized more than 7 million yuan in cash from the mini-warehouse rented by Chen Congde at the East Lake store of "Shuduoyi". After investigation, it was suspected that Chen had accepted bribes from three other businessmen including Lianyi Enterprise Lu Yiming, Yongxi Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Xie Guoshu and Hongdu Engineering Wu Meilian from 2012 to 2024, and the investigation was expanded following the clues.

In the previous case of the Second Nuclear Plant, Zeng Wenhuang was initially suspected of accepting bribes. The anti-corruption inspector searched his residence and found 2.2 million yuan in cash in the mezzanine of the ceiling. After expanded investigation, it was determined that Zeng, Chen Congde and other five personnel of the second nuclear plant were suspected of accepting bribes totaling more than 10.1 million yuan in five procurement cases, including the second heat sink, electric valve motor, bellows and filter bags. They were prosecuted by the Beijing Inspection and Quarantine Bureau in August this year.