Wei Ying-chun, chairman of the group's Taiwan unit Wei Chuan Foods Corp, bows to apologise during a press conference in Taipei, on November 5, 2013.-AFP
TAIPEI: Taiwanese tycoon Wei Ying-chung was slapped with nearly 140 fraud charges Thursday over his alleged role in Taiwan's latest food safety scare, prosecutors said.
Wei is ex-chairman of Wei Chuan Foods Corp. as well as Ting Hsin Oil and Fat Industrial Co., both units of food giant Ting Hsin International Group which owns the popular Master Kong instant noodle brand.
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