A former DPP lawmaker was fined for failing to disclose family ties when his farm applied for government money, a case now being thrown back into the fight over Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-an's son.

• Chen Ming-wen bought land in Chiayi in 2021, put it in his son's name, and ran it as a livestock farm that then applied for farm ministry upgrade grants.
• Watchdog body the Control Yuan ruled the grant process itself was fair, but the applicant never declared the family link, breaking conflict-of-interest law — a NT$400,000 fine, finalised last year.
• The old case resurfaced because the Control Yuan is now probing whether Chiang Wan-an's teenage son properly disclosed family ties when winning an exchange-student spot.
• KMT figures call the probe state machinery aimed at the opposition, even targeting a minor; the DPP notes the Control Yuan currently has no sitting members to rule on anything.
• Chiang brushed off questions about being ganged up on with a line from Confucius about the honourable man being at ease and the petty man always fretting.

Outlook: Expect the disclosure fight to keep escalating as both camps trade conflict-of-interest accusations ahead of the local elections.