The underground factory is suspected of setting up private pipelines to discharge waste water containing heavy metals to the fields next to the coastal highway on the first line of Taiwan-6 for a long time.

(Photographed by reporter Zheng Shuting)

[Reporter Zheng Shuting/Taoyuan Report] Nine people including Hongding Company in Luzhu District, Taoyuan City and the 43-year-old person in charge, Chen Lida, are suspected of setting up private pipelines to discharge waste water containing heavy metals to the fields next to the Binhai Highway on the 61st Route, Taoyuan The District Prosecutor's Office determined that the defendant had privately set up pipelines since November last year, and the criminal income was as high as more than 4.5295 billion yuan. The illegal profits were astonishingly high. Recently, nine people were investigated and prosecuted, and they petitioned the court for confiscation Proceeds of the above-mentioned crimes; the prosecution has seized the cash, cars, gravel trucks, land, real estate, etc. under the names of Hong Ding and Chen Nan.

Rent land and set up factories to collect and transport waste at night

The whole case was investigated by the prosecutor Wang Baijing's environmental protection team. It was found that Chen Nan and others were renting land next to Luzhutai Line 61 and erecting iron fences to operate an underground factory. They collected and transported waste at night and dumped those with high moisture content The sludge pool is directly discharged to nearby fields through private pipelines, and those with low moisture content are temporarily piled up, and will be transported and backfilled elsewhere in the future.

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After the case was researched and analyzed by the investigation team and scientifically collected evidence, the prosecutor led a team to search and collect evidence on the evening of August 24 this year, seized stolen evidence such as vehicles at the scene, and applied for permission to detain Chen Nan; It was determined that since November last year, the industry has privately installed pipelines to connect to the fields next to the Taiwan 61 Highway, and discharged sludge containing substances harmful to health and exceeding the discharge water standard value of the Water Pollution Prevention and Control Act.

The benefits of illegal sewage discharges have been astonishing since November last year

Prosecutors recently prosecuted Hong Ding Company and Chen Nan for violating the Water Pollution Law, Waste Disposal Law and the Criminal Law, and petitioned the court to confiscate more than 4.5 billion yuan in criminal proceeds; the prosecution has seized Hong Ding and Chen Nan so far. The cash under his name is 1,641,510 yuan, one car, ten gravel trucks, two pieces of land, three pieces of houses, etc.

The three juveniles who were hired as guards in this case were transferred to the juvenile court for trial.

Because Chen Nan and others piled up waste on the rented land without obtaining permission, they were fined 320,000 yuan by the Taoyuan City Environmental Protection Bureau and ordered to suspend work in early August this year.

The Hongding Company in Luzhu District, Taoyuan City is suspected of setting up private pipelines and discharging waste water containing heavy metals for a long time, and the criminal income is as high as more than 4.5 billion yuan.

(Photographed by reporter Zheng Shuting)