FIRE PERSONNEL USE FIRE DEPT. INFORMATION TO BLACKMAIL MACDONALDS|兒骨折 消防夫妻向麥當勞勒索7千萬

Famous fast food chain McDonald's gets extortion threats from parents after their son broke his arm while playing in the restaurant's indoor playground. The two both work at the New Taipei fire department and allegedly abused their positions to uncover unfavorable information about the company, such as the results of safety inspections and construction violations. They threatened to disclose the potentially embarrassing information unless the restaurant chain pay them as high as NT$70 million as compensation for their injured child. A boy surnamed Tsai broke his arm when playing in the indoor playground of a McDonald's in New Taipei's Tucheng District this March. His parents demanded compensation from the restaurant, but the two sides were unable to come to an agreement. The parents then revealed that they both worked for the New Taipei City Fire Department, then logged into Fire Department systems to obtain information on failed safety inspections and construction violations by McDonald's locations. They then used this information to demand NT$70.6 million from McDonald's, saying that they will publicize or report the violations if McDonald's refused. ==WANG YI-WEN Spokesperson, Taoyuan District Prosecutors Office== Regarding their use of professional privileges to extort NT$70.6 million from McDonald's, we searched the New Taipei City Fire Department and the Tsai residence yesterday and brought both Tsai and his wife in for questioning. Prosecutors said that, after McDonald's refused the Tsais' attempt at extortion, the husband lowered his demand to NT$60 million and said that he would accept NT$5 million of that in coupons. However, prosecutors stepped in to investigate before he was able to get further. After the couple were brought in for questioning, they were deemed suspects for attempted extortion and released on bails of NT$500,000 and NT$300,000. ==LI CHING-AN Dep. Commissioner, New Taipei City Fire Department== This is a personal consumer dispute. He was originally involved in fire safety management work, and we have transferred him from the position. The New Taipei City Fire Department said that this is a personal civil dispute and that both husband and wife have been transferred from their positions as they await investigation. McDonald's said it will do all it can to aid in the investigation, but refused to comment on specifics. Translated by JOHN CHEN 桃園地檢署查出，新北市消防局預防科的蔡姓隊員和同單位的妻子，因為兒子在麥當勞遊戲區摔倒骨折，疑似利用職務之便，查詢麥當勞的違反安檢的資料，藉此向麥勞當要求7060萬的賠償，17號桃園地檢署發動調查，搜索新北市消防局和蔡姓夫妻的住家，並約談2人到案，複訊後，認定蔡姓夫妻涉嫌藉勢、藉端勒索未遂罪嫌重大，將兩人分別以50萬和30萬元交保。 今年3月間，一名孩童在這間位於土城麥當勞的遊戲區遊玩時，從溜滑梯攀爬，不小心摔落，造成右手骨折，而他的父母蔡姓夫婦，向麥當勞要求賠償，雙方談判破裂，兩人便公開身份，自稱是在新北市消防局預防科工作，再利用職務之便，使用消防局系統，列出麥當勞各分店違反消防、建管和都市計劃規定等資料，藉此向麥當勞索賠7060萬元，揚言如果不答應，就要對外公布資料或提出檢舉。 ==桃園地檢署發言人 王以文== 假藉職務上的權利 勒索麥當勞餐廳7060萬一案 於昨日搜索新北市政府消防局 以及蔡姓夫妻的住處 並傳訊蔡姓夫妻到案 檢方表示，這對蔡姓夫妻，藉由職務之便，向麥當勞獅子大開口，麥當勞不接受，蔡姓男子把索賠金額降到6千萬，並聲稱其中500萬可以用餐券支付，不過，勒索還沒成功，就遭到檢方調查，兩人在約談後，被認定涉嫌藉勢、藉端勒索未遂罪嫌重大，分別以50萬和30萬元交保。 ==(電訪CG)新北市消防局副局長 李清安== 這涉及到他個人的消費糾紛 他可能原來是做 消防安全管理的這個部份 我們就即時的把他做調離 新北消防局表示，全案是涉及個人的民事糾紛，已經將蔡姓夫妻調離現職到外勤單位，靜待司法調查，麥當勞則回應，會全力配合調查，對於相關情節則不便表示意見。 記者 綜合報導