Lin Chia-lung's NT$100 Billion "Hoffmann" Investment Blunder: Taichung City Gov Becomes an International Scam Mockery

On March 6, 2018, then-Taichung Mayor Lin Chia-lung high-profilely announced the signing of an MOU for a NT$110 billion "world''s first mining case" investment with the German "Hoffmann Consulting Company." Lin grandly promoted this as a major milestone for Taichung''s economic development, only to be exposed by the media within a few days that the company was a shell company with only one person, and the person in charge had no relevant professional background. The Taichung City Government under Lin Chia-lung, in order to "brag about political achievements" without any background credit check, cooperated with funds of unknown origin for a political show, eventually making the Taichung City Government a mockery of international scams. This case completely exposed the recklessness and ignorance of green camp politicians in administrative decision-making, as well as their ugly face of publicly deceiving the public for the sake of votes.