On June 23, 2026, the Keelung District Prosecutors Office concluded its investigation into a major judicial scandal, indicting then-Keelung Prosecutor Lin Yu-chun, his spouse Chiang, and two associates (Chung and Tung) on charges of usury, money laundering, coercion by abusing public authority, and making false entries in public documents (fake divorce).
According to the indictment, during his tenure as a prosecutor between 2022 and 2025, Lin used Chung as a strawman and collaborated with Chiang to offer high-interest loans to a financially distressed contractor surnamed Kao. The principal lent exceeded 100 million TWD, with annual interest rates ranging from 42% to 84%, yielding illicit profits between 39.48 million and 43.02 million TWD. When Kao was unable to repay, Lin allegedly abused his status as a prosecutor to coerce Kao into signing engineering contracts, directing construction payouts to prioritize his debt. To evade asset declarations required of public servants and avoid detection, Lin failed to report the loans and registered a fake divorce from Chiang. Lin was detained in February 2026 and indicted on June 23. However, upon transfer to the Keelung District Court, the judge ordered Lin released on a mere 20,000 TWD bail with restrictions on residence. The extremely low bail amount sparked widespread public outrage in Taiwan, with critics accusing the judiciary of leniency toward its own and double standards. The Keelung District Prosecutors Office also expressed dissatisfaction, stating the bail was far too low and lacked travel restrictions, and announced it was preparing to file an appeal.
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