An employee surnamed Lin of the Pingtung County Cultural Assets Protection Office and his wife surnamed Yang, who works as a temporary employee at the county government, are suspected of setting up an enterprise company "borrowed bidding" through relatives and friends as heads of people from 2024 to this year to contract the Lower Tamsui River Iron Bridge and Dawuying District They provided cleaning, maintenance and other open labor services, as well as multiple small purchase cases, making illegal profits of more than 1.08 million yuan. The screening investigation concluded that the two were prosecuted yesterday (September 30), specifically requesting punishment for Lin, June 4, and Yang, August 3, and both were deprived of their public rights for two years.
The Ping County Cultural Resources Institute responded today (1st) that Mr. Lin’s work was normal on weekdays. The institute only learned of the incident after receiving notification from the Political Affairs Office and other units. It was very surprised. Mr. Lin was dismissed on August 1; in addition, his wife resigned from the County Government’s Research Office on August 21.
Prosecutor Lai Di'an of the Pingtung District Prosecutor's Office directed the Southern Regional Investigation Team of the Independent Commission Against Corruption of the Ministry of Justice to investigate the case of a man named Lin, an employee of the Cultural Assets Protection Office of the Pingtung County Government, and his spouse, Yang, a temporary employee of the Pingtung County Government, who were suspected of corruption and criminal offenses and violations of the government procurement law. Recently, the investigation was concluded, and five people, including Lin and Yang, were found to be suspected of serious crimes, and public prosecutions were instituted in accordance with the law.
The screen inspection investigation pointed out that the man surnamed Lin has been responsible for the funding application, procurement performance management and small purchase acceptance personnel of Dawuying for the management and maintenance of the Xiatanshui River Iron Bridge at the Institute of Cultural Resources since 2016. He is a civil servant serving local agencies in accordance with the law, and he has the same experience as a temporary Yang Nu, the wife of the then officer, knew that civil servants were not allowed to engage in business and were required to evade interests, so in order to seek personal gain, she first borrowed the "Cheng Jun Enterprise Co., Ltd." from the contractor surnamed Huang in 2024, and the woman surnamed Qiu followed the instructions to bid for the Tamsui Creek Iron Bridge cleaning project. Later, there was a rift with the original contractor for some reason, so the wife surnamed Yang negotiated with a friend surnamed Bian to be the head of the company, and registered and established "Wei'en Enterprise Co., Ltd."
The screen inspection pointed out that the man surnamed Lin used his authority as the person in charge of the procurement case and the acceptance person to prepare performance documents on his own, and escorted the enterprises and companies under his actual control to successfully pass the acceptance and payment requests, and obtained a total of 1.082156 yuan in illegal benefits. The prosecutors conducted a search and seized relevant evidence.
Prosecutors found that the couple surnamed Lin and Yang were both involved in the crime of profiteering in charge of supervision affairs under the Corruption and Crime Regulations, violating the Government Procurement Law by borrowing bids to bid, and using fraud to cause incorrect results in the bid opening. During the investigation, they confessed to the crime and returned all their illegal gains, and initiated public prosecution.
Considering that the man surnamed Lin, who was at the center of the procurement, led the abuse of public power and was more vicious, he specifically requested the court to sentence the man surnamed Lin to 4 years and 6 months in prison, and the woman surnamed Yang to be sentenced to 3 years and 8 months in prison, with both deprived of public rights for 2 years; the remaining defendants violated government procurement laws and requested appropriate sentences.
