Taipei's city government is under fire after a second senior official in a month got caught up in a criminal case, a bad look for Mayor Chiang Wan-an ahead of the election.

• The head of Taipei's Feitsui Reservoir agency, Lin Yu-yi, was questioned by prosecutors over misusing public money and released on bail; Chiang removed him from the job immediately.
• Lin was one of Chiang's very first appointments back in late 2022, so the whole tenure sits under this mayor.
• It follows the case of former city spokesman Li Cheng-hsuan, who quit in early August and was also released on bail in a separate leak case.
• Opposition politicians say the pattern points to a hiring problem at city hall, and accuse Chiang of cutting the man loose to save himself before the vote.
• Councillors want the city to publish the scope, timeline and findings of its internal probe, and to report to the council within a month.

Outlook: Expect pressure on Chiang to disclose the audit of reservoir agency spending as the mayoral race heats up.