Man held over cooking oil scare AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TAIPEI TAIWANESE.AU.THORITIES have detained the main suspect in a food safe- ty scare over recycled cooking oil, which officials said had been supplied to more than 900 restaurants and bakeries. Kuo Lieh-chen, the owner of an illegal factory in southern Pingtung county at the centre of the scandal, was taken into custody on Saturday. As he is likely to flee or conspire with other suspects, we decided to take him into custody, Pan Cheng-ping, spokesman for the Pingtung dis- trict court, told reporters. Prosecutors had filed a complaint after the32-year-old was released last week on bail of T$50,000 (Bt53,000) as concern grew over the food Scare Television footage showed Kuo's home in Pingtung city pelted with eggs and red paint by angry protesters. Five other people implicated in the case have also been questioned and released on bail. The Food and Drug Administration said yesterday that 933 restaurants, bakeries and food plants, including 397 in Taipei city, had used the tainted oil supplied by Chang Guann, a leading foodoil manufacturer. Investigators found that in six months from February Chang Guann had bought 243 tonnes of tainted oils -collected from cookers, fryers and grease traps from Kuo and mixed it with lardoil for sale to its customers islandwide A total of 782 tonnes of such oils had been produced. Chang Guann has apologised but said it was unaware the oils were recycled.