Taipei court approves detention of former executive authority member

 TAIPEI, July 2 (Xinhua) -- A Taipei court Monday approved prosecutors¹' request to detain Lin Yi-shih, former secretary general of Taiwan's "Executive Yuan," or the executive authority, who is being probed for graft², hours after he admitted wrongdoing during an overnight questioning by prosecutors.

Earlier the day, Taiwan's top prosecutors office made the request to detain Lin and hold him incommunicado to facilitate the further probe, as a questioning that last from Sunday afternoon to early Monday morning indicated that Lin was highly suspected of committing graft and bribery⁴ crimes and they worried that Lin might seek to collude with others to destroy evidence.

Prosecutors launched the investigation⁵ last week amid surging local media reports that when serving as a "legislator" two years ago, Lin accepted a bribe³ of 63 million New Taiwanese dollars (2.11 million U.S. dollars) from a local businessman in return for helping⁶ his company obtain a slag⁷ treatment contract from Kaohsiung-based China Steel Corp.(CSC), in which the island's authorities had a stake.

Citing the businessman named Chen Chi-hsiang, the media reports said Lin's demand for a further 83 million New Taiwanese dollars in bribes⁸ earlier this year was turned down by him, and then Lin in April pressured CSC to stop supplying slag to his company for treatment.

Prosecutors summoned Lin for questioning Sunday afternoon after searching 11 locations for evidences, including Lin's residence and office. Lin confessed to some parts of the charges during the questioning, according to prosecutors.

Both Taiwan leader Ma Ying-jeou and head of the "Executive Yuan" Sean Chen Monday said they felt deep regret and apologized for the graft case involving Lin, stressing the importance of the integrity of civil servants and vowed⁹ to improve anti-corruption efforts.

Lin on Monday also issued a statement to apologize for his "serious dereliction of duty" and "suspected involvement in graft and bribery," and pledged to hand out all his ill-gotten gains, two days after resignation from his post in the "Executive Yuan."Prior to his confession¹⁰, Lin had categorically denied the accusations¹¹ of accepting or seeking bribes.

1 prosecutors   

检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )； 告发人； 起诉人； 公诉人

参考例句：

• In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
• You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。

2 graft   

n.移植，嫁接，艰苦工作，贪污；v.移植，嫁接

参考例句：

• I am having a skin graft on my arm soon.我马上就要接受手臂的皮肤移植手术。
• The minister became rich through graft.这位部长透过贪污受贿致富。

3 bribe   

n.贿赂；v.向…行贿，买通

参考例句：

• He tried to bribe the policeman not to arrest him.他企图贿赂警察不逮捕他。
• He resolutely refused their bribe.他坚决不接受他们的贿赂。

4 bribery   

n.贿络行为，行贿，受贿

参考例句：

• FBI found out that the senator committed bribery.美国联邦调查局查明这个参议员有受贿行为。
• He was charged with bribery.他被指控受贿。

5 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

6 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

7 slag   

n.熔渣，铁屑，矿渣；v.使变成熔渣，变熔渣

参考例句：

• Millions of tons of slag now go into building roads each year.每年有数百万吨炉渣用于铺路。
• The slag powder had been widely used as the additive in the cement and concrete.矿渣微粉作为水泥混凝土的掺和料已得到广泛应用。

8 bribes   

n.贿赂( bribe的名词复数 )；向（某人）行贿，贿赂v.贿赂( bribe的第三人称单数 )；向（某人）行贿，贿赂

参考例句：

• It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
• corrupt officials accepting bribes 接受贿赂的贪官污吏

9 vowed   

起誓，发誓（vow的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。
• I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。

10 confession   

n.自白，供认，承认

参考例句：

• Her confession was simply tantamount to a casual explanation.她的自白简直等于一篇即席说明。
• The police used torture to extort a confession from him.警察对他用刑逼供。

11 accusations   

n.指责( accusation的名词复数 )；指控；控告；（被告发、控告的）罪名

参考例句：

• There were accusations of plagiarism. 曾有过关于剽窃的指控。
• He remained unruffled by their accusations. 对于他们的指控他处之泰然。