In a statement the ministry said the attempt was made on Sunday night in Taichung prison in central Taiwan.

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Chen grew up in a wealthy, well-connected family in greater Taichung in central Taiwan, the third of four children.

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But he, too, endured a string of setbacks in Taichung theme parks, the Guinness World Records Museum and a roast lamb restaurant.

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The government fired the board of the Taichung Business Bank, which is controlled by Kuang San Construction, and has decided to monitor the bank itself.

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In Dali and Taichung, buildings originally designed for residential use had been converted into office complexes, which earn higher rents, and in the conversion walls were removed without regard to support beams.

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