"Only gambling" will not prosecute
Huang Taiming, the former investigative team leader of the Wanhua Branch of the Taipei City Police Department, involved in accepting 210,000 yuan in bribes from 2 casinos in the jurisdiction through his friend Zeng Huangqi in 2017. The asylum industry was not banned. The New Taipei Prosecutors also found out that the police surnamed Zhou and the police surnamed Lin of the Wanhua Branch Security Team at the time were also suspected of sheltering casinos in the jurisdiction. The two people and the five casino leaders were transferred to the North Prosecutor’s Office. However, the prosecutors found only 2 police officers. Going to gambling, there was no whistleblowing or cover-up of casino evidence. Today, 2 police will not prosecute, and 5 casino officials will be sued for gambling crimes.
The New Taipei Prefectural Procuratorate found that Zeng Huangqi, who originally opened a snack bar in Wanhua, rented out the shop to a man Huang Qingyuan to open a Tianjiu casino after closing in 2016. Huang Nan was afraid of being investigated by the police and found Shi Ren Wan through Zeng Nan. Police Officer Huang Taiming of the Hua Branch negotiated a monthly price of 10,000 yuan in exchange for Huang Taiming’s refusal to ban it, and since January 2017, a total of 150,000 bribes have been paid to Huang Taiming. In addition, Li Qiwen, a casino operator, also paid 60,000 yuan to Huang Taiming through Zeng Nan, so that the casino business would not be disturbed.
Huang Taiming denied taking bribes, arguing that it was Zeng Huangqi who used his name to bluff and deceive, but the prosecutor did not accept his defense based on relevant evidence and prosecuted him for violating the "Corruption Regulations" and other crimes. In addition, the prosecutor in charge at that time also found out that the police surnamed Zhou, who was the guard team of the Wanhua branch at the time, and the police surnamed Lin of the Xiyuan police station, entered and exited the casinos in the jurisdiction. The transfer of jurisdiction of the 2 police officers and the 5 business operators who opened a casino in Wanhua will be handled by the Beijing Municipal Inspection Bureau.
After the investigation was received by Beijian, it was discovered that two police officers went to the casino only to go to the casino to gamble. Among them, the wife of the surnamed police officer also often went in and out of the casino. No two people were found to have reported to the casino or covered the casino illegally. Therefore, it was deemed that the evidence was insufficient, and the two persons were punished not to prosecute. As for the five casino operators, they were involved in the crime of gambling under the Criminal Law and were prosecuted in accordance with the law.
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萬華2警被控包庇賭場 「只有賭博」不起訴
台北市警局萬華分局前偵查小隊長黃臺明2017年涉透過友人曾煌棋收受轄區2賭場21萬元賄絡，包庇業者不被取締，去年7月被新北地檢依貪污罪起訴，當時新北檢另查出時任萬華分局警備隊周姓警員、西園所林姓警員也涉嫌包庇轄區賭場，將2人連同5名賭場負責人移轉北檢偵辦，但檢察官查出2警僅前往賭博，沒有通風報信或包庇賭場事證，今將2警不起訴，5名賭場負責人則依賭博罪起訴。
新北地檢署查出，原在萬華開設小吃店的曾煌棋，在2016年歇業後，將店面租給男子黃清源開設天九牌賭場，黃男怕被警方查緝，透過曾男找時任萬華分局警員黃臺明談妥以每月1萬元代價，換取黃臺明不舉發取締，並從2017年1月起，總計交付15萬賄款給黃臺明。另有賭場業者李啟文，也透過曾男，交付6萬元給黃臺明，讓賭場生意能不被打擾。
黃臺明否認收賄，辯稱是曾煌棋擅以他的名義在外招搖撞騙，但檢察官依相關事證不採信其辯解，依違反《貪污治罪條例》等罪起訴。另外，當時承辦檢察官還查出時任萬華分局警備隊的周姓警員，以及西園派出所的林姓警員，出入轄區的賭場，疑有包庇賭場的罪嫌，但因無管轄權，因此將2名警員以及在萬華開設賭場的5名業者，移轉管轄由北檢負責偵辦。
北檢收案後展開調查，發現2名警員到賭場只是單純前往賭博，其中周姓警員的太太，也時常進出賭場，沒有查到2人有向賭場通風報信或是包庇賭場的不法犯行，因此認為事證不足，將2人處分不起訴。至於5名賭場業者，則涉犯《刑法》賭博罪，依法起訴。
