Taiwan orders probe into finance minister, five other officials on Mega Financial oversight

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's government has ordered the island's serving finance minister, his predecessor and four former regulators be investigated to find out whether they bear responsibility for a breach of anti-money laundering rules at the New York branch of state-run Mega Financial Holding's banking arm. According to a cabinet statement late on Monday, finance minister Sheu Yu-jer and ex-finance minister Chang Sheng-ford will be investigated by Taiwan's Control Yuan,