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| Darren Wang Talu's Legal Troubles Grow Amid New Privacy Law Charges |
Just when you thought Wang Dalu aka Wang Talu aka Darren Wang’s name might finally slip out of the headlines, boom – another legal mess lands right at his feet.
The 33-year-old Taiwanese actor, already under fire earlier this year for allegedly dodging his mandatory military service and getting tangled in a scandal involving a driver getting beaten up, is now staring down another lawsuit.
On 1 May, prosecutors officially filed charges against him and five others.
The latest drama?
Darren Wang’s being accused of pulling strings via gang contacts to access private information — all without any legal authority.
Let’s break it down.
Darren Wang reportedly forked out NT$3.6 million (around £90,000) to a man surnamed Chen, known to be a big shot in Taiwan’s Four Seas Gang, to help him dodge military service.
But when Chen vanished after getting nabbed in a separate case, Wang Talu thought he’d been duped.
So instead of letting the law handle it, he allegedly got his pal You Xiangmin (son of a luxury car dealer) to reach out to police captain Liu Jurong, who then illegally accessed Chen’s personal data — address, phone number, the whole lot — and passed it along.
And it doesn’t stop there.
Darren Wang’s influencer girlfriend Mu Xuan got scammed in an investment scheme by a man surnamed Pan.
Again, rather than going through proper channels, Wang and crew reportedly called up Chen to dig into Pan’s and even his relatives’ personal info.
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That data was allegedly passed around like it was nothing, thanks to more shady backdoor connections.
Prosecutors in New Taipei have now charged Darren and five others with a whole list of offences: forging documents, violating personal data laws, and even leaking official secrets.
As for Xiangmin and Chen, they were each granted bail at NT$2 million and NT$1 million respectively — but not without conditions.
They're banned from leaving the country or moving house for now.
After the court hearing, the two men left in silence — You hiding behind a mask, Chen unbothered with his face on full display.
Darren’s original draft-dodging case is still under investigation.
The Uber driver assault scandal from earlier this year? That’s been dropped, apparently after a private settlement.
But let’s be real — from alleged military evasion to gangland favours, and now personal data snooping — Darren Wang’s clean-cut star image is taking some serious hits.
Whether this is career-crushing or just another idol scandal Taiwan shrugs off, we’ll have to wait and see.