On August 14, 2023 (112th Year of the Republic of China), Taipei District Prosecutors Office Chief Prosecutor Cheng Ming-chien personally held a press conference announcing the corruption indictment of Taiwan People's Party Hsinchu Mayor Kao Hung-an and her aides for allegedly misallocating NT$460,000 in legislative assistant overtime pay. The indictment ignited fierce political controversy. Legal scholars and opposition figures highlighted that ruling party lawmakers caught in similar or much larger assistant subsidy scandals had routinely received deferred prosecution or non-indictment, while mega-scandals involving billions in public funds—such as the Tainan 88-gunshot solar bribes, Medigen insider trading, and Ultra Source egg subsidies—remained untouched. Cheng's deployment of overwhelming prosecutorial firepower against a prominent opposition figure was widely denounced as selective political persecution aimed at eliminating non-DPP regional power.
Taipei Chief Prosecutor Cheng Ming-chien Indicts Kao Hung-an: Massive Resources Deployed Over NT$460,000 Draws Accusations of Severe Double Standards
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