Executive in tainted-oil case gets NT$20 million bail; prosecutors appeal
Posted on 2026-07-11 16:08:15
The general manager of Central Union Oil Corp. has been released on NT$20 million (US$622,791) bail, as prosecutors continue to look into why cooking oil manufactured by the company contained excessive amounts of the carcinogen benzo[a]pyrene.
The Taichung District Court also ordered the company's chairman released on NT$20 million bail, its plant manager released on NT$1 million bail, and 10 other suspects released on bail ranging from NT$500,000 to NT$10 million pending further investigation.
Prosecutors immediately appealed the bail ruling for the company's general manager Yu Ling-chung (余凌沖) but not for any of the other bail orders.
Central Union is being investigated for allegedly manufacturing 1,300 metric tons of soy-based cooking oil containing four times the legal limit of benzo[a]pyrene and supplying it between April and June to major food processors.
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