Police have made fresh arrests as prosecutors expand their probe into a corruption case centered on a Taipei shopping mall in which the city's former mayor Ko Wen-je has also been implicated.
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00:00Police have made a string of arrests linked to a corruption scandal involving a Taipei
00:05shopping mall. Prosecutors believe city officials, possibly including then-Mayor Ko Wen-je, made
00:11a corrupt deal allowing the mall to vastly expand its floor area.
00:16Police made 29 raids and brought in 16 people for questioning Friday. Two of them, the former
00:22director of the mayor's office and a businessperson, faced detention for their alleged role in
00:28the financial side of the scandal.