Hualien county director posts bail

By Wang Chin-yi and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writer Add TT as Preferred Source Hualien County Social Affairs Department Director Chen Chia-fu (陳加富) was released on NT$400,000 (US$12,325) bail yesterday after prosecutors raided county offices on Wednesday to investigate the alleged misappropriation of public donations following the deadly 2018 Hualien earthquake.Chen is under investigation for alleged misuse of disaster relief funds donated to the county government for the Feb. 6, 2018, earthquake.The Hualien District Prosecutors’ Office said it searched the department on Wednesday morning and accessed official archives from the county government’s Civil Affairs Department and Finance Department. Hualien County Social Affairs Department Director Chen Chia-fu posts bail early