The cigarette smuggling scandal involving presidential bodyguards for Tsai Ing-wen and her predecessor Ma Ying-jeou has now embroiled China Airlines, which has halted all duty-free tobacco orders for staff while it gets to grips with the issue. – EPA pic, July 26, 2019.
A SMUGGLING scandal implicating Taiwan’s presidential bodyguards has engulfed China Airlines after the island’s largest carrier revealed huge quantities of duty-free cigarettes were routinely sold to staff accompanying the island’s leader on visits overseas. The scam – which was first unveiled earlier this week – appears to have gone back years, covering both President Tsai Ing-wen’s administration and her predecessor Ma Ying-jeou.
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