Taiwan probes senior official who deals with China over bribery suspicions

FILE - Taoyuan Mayor Cheng Wen-tsan at a party congress in Taoyuan, northern Taiwan, September 19, 2015. FILE - Taoyuan Mayor Cheng Wen-tsan attends a ceremony for the donation of medical supplies to India to fight the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Taipei, Taiwan May 5, 2021.

Taiwan prosecutors said on Saturday they were investigating a senior official and member of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party who deals with China on suspicion of bribery. He said he had done nothing wrong.