Court orders Central Union Oil executive detained

The Taichung District Court on Friday ordered Central Union Oil Corp general manager Yu Ling-chung (余凌冲) detained and held incommunicado after the High Court overturned an earlier ruling granting him bail in a tainted cooking oil case.Yu is under investigation over cooking oil products found to contain excessive levels of benzoapyrene, a carcinogen.The district court last week ruled that detention was unnecessary and granted Yu bail of NT$20 million (US$621,960). Central Union Oil Corp general manager Yu Ling-chung is pictured in Taichung on Friday. Photo: CNA It also imposed residential restrictions, an eight-month overseas travel ban and regular police check-ins.Prosecutors appealed, and the Taichung branch of the Taiwan High Court on Thursday revoked the bail ruling. The higher court sa