Court orders Central Union Oil executive detained in tainted oil case
Posted on 2026-07-18 11:07:13
The Taichung District Court has ordered Central Union Oil Corp. General Manager Yu Ling-chung (余凌冲) detained and held incommunicado after a higher court overturned an earlier ruling granting him bail in a tainted oil case.
Yu is under investigation over edible-oil products found to contain excessive levels of the carcinogen benzo[a]pyrene.
The district court last week ruled that detention was unnecessary and granted Yu bail of NT$20 million (US$621,960). It also imposed residential restrictions, an eight-month overseas travel ban and regular police check-ins.
Prosecutors appealed, and the Taichung branch of the Taiwan High Court revoked the bail ruling on Thursday.
The higher court said the district court had failed to adequately explain why detention was unnecessary despite Yu's alleged flight risk and the possibility that he could collude with others or tamper with evidence.
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