More suspects detained in the tainted oil scandal

Taichung prosecutors on Friday detained several people for questioning related to the Central Union Oil Corp (中聯油脂) cooking oil scandal, including a Taisun Enterprise Co (泰山企業) general manager surnamed Tsai (蔡) and a former general manager surnamed Shen (沈).The Taichung District Prosecutors’ Office yesterday issued a statement saying that as part of its investigation into cooking oil from Central Union Oil containing excessive benzopyrene levels, prosecutors had conducted searches on July 9 and on Wednesday.Taichung prosecutors carried out a third wave of actions on Friday to search the residences of five people: Shen, Tsai (who was a vice general manager at the time of the incident), a Taisun legal affairs officer surnamed Chiang (江), a Formosa Oilseed Processing Co (福懋油脂) research and de