Taiwan prosecutors have opened a corruption case against a sitting opposition lawmaker, a bad sign for the KMT as the scandal spreads to a well-known Kinmen shipping family.

• Taipei prosecutors raided the home, legislative office and Matsu service office of KMT lawmaker Chen Hsueh-sheng, sending investigators to 35 locations at once.
• He is accused of listing relatives as fake aides to claim public salaries, and of letting a shipping company quietly pay one real aide's wages.
• His brother Chen Hsueh-huai was released on bail after questioning; more than two dozen people were called in, with aides and relatives bailed at varying amounts.
• The case also covers claims he leaned on state oil firm CPC to end a contract early with Chin Hsin Shipping, run by the family of former Kinmen county chief Yang Chen-wu.

Outlook: Prosecutors are still gathering evidence under Taiwan's anti-corruption law, so more questioning and possible charges are likely in the coming weeks.