Breaking: Former Baseball Figure Tsai Zhengyi Arrested Amid โฃOptoelectronics Industry Extortion Probe
Taoyuan, Taiwan – Authorities have detained Tsai Zhengyi,โ a former figure in a professional baseball fixing scandal, as partโ of an investigation into alleged extortion within the optoelectronics industry. The Bridge Procuratorate acted swiftly upon tsai’sโ return to Taiwan from a period abroad, enacting an urgent travel ban to prevent โhis departure from Taoyuan Airport yesterday.
The investigation centers on suspicions that tsai Zhengyi operated โbehind the โคscenes, orchestrating illicit trades โand demanding money fromโ companies in the optoelectronics sector. He initially evaded arrest by traveling overseas when prosecutors firstโ moved to โคapprehend him.โฃ Following a period in Vietnam, Tsai’s wife and children relocated to Vancouver, Canada, before he quietly returned to Taiwan, believing he had avoided legal repercussions.
Tsai Zhengyi, 53, first gained notoriety for his involvement in a chinese professional baseball game-fixing incident, โresulting in a three-year prison sentence finalized in August. He leveraged โexisting political connections-his father was โฃaโค former vice chairman of the Dongshiโ Township congress, and family members include a six-term โขKaohsiung Member of Parliament-and support โฃfrom a former Dongshi township mayor and the local peasant association to launch a prosperous campaign for โparliamentary office, winning the most โvotes in โคhis initial election bid.