On October 16, Justice Minister Yeh Chin-fong convened a conference of senior police officers, public prosecutors and government anti-corruption units from the six county and city administrations of central Taiwan. They decided to closely monitor the borrowing of architect licenses and the involvement of mafia in public construction projects, so as to prevent corruption among civil servants. They agreed to impose severe penalties for criminal activities relating to reconstruction projects.
法務部長葉金鳳十六日召集中部地區六縣市檢警調與政風單位主管座談，決定對從事公共工程承攬或借牌營業的黑道幫派角頭密切監控，以達成「防止黑道介入」、「嚴整風紀防止貪瀆」及「嚴辦重建工程犯罪」。