Yongjing Township Chief is plagued by lawsuits: Since 1994, many township chiefs have been involved in criminal cases, but Li Shiyan was not involved in the lawsuit but was defrauded

He has successively served as the mayor of Yongjing Township who was imprisoned or faced lawsuits due to crimes. (File photo)

Zhan Mugen, the former head of Yongjing Township and current county councilor, was sentenced to 13 years in prison and deprived of public rights for eight years in the first instance for his involvement in the optoelectronics fraud case, which triggered heated local discussions. Since Qiu Rongchang, the mayor of Yongjing Township in 1994 (the 12th term), many people have been involved in lawsuits and were eventually imprisoned, including Qiu Rongchang and Huang Jianzhang from the Kuomintang, and Jiang Jicun and Zhan Mugen who have no party membership. The current township head, Wei Shuowei, who is a member of the Democratic Progressive Party, has not been involved in a lawsuit and is seeking re-election.

The well-known novel "Ghost Place" is set in Yongjing Township. Some netizens asked, what happened to "ghost places" like Yongjing? Almost all the former township heads were spared and sent to prison for further education (Zhan Mugen can also appeal).

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During his tenure, Qiu Rongchang was involved in a construction fraud case. He was sentenced to 8 years in the first instance and reduced to 4 years in the second instance. After years of litigation, the Taichung Branch of the Taiwan High Court changed the case in the second instance to the crime of forging official documents (false publication by civil servants) and sentenced him to 1 year and 11 months in prison. Huang Jianzhang, who took over, ran for county council after leaving office. He was suspected of buying votes through staking and violated the law on election and recall of public officials. In 2011, the Supreme Court sentenced him to four years and six months in prison and deprived him of public power for three years. Former township head and contractor Jiang Jicun was involved in a project contracted by Yuanlin Town Office, and committed bribery under the Corruption Crime Regulations and bid-rigging under the Government Procurement Law. The entire case was dismissed by the Supreme Court in January 2015, and he was sentenced to 11 months in prison and deprived of public power for 2 years.

In the past 30 years, the only person who has "safely entered the market" was Li Shiyan. However, he has had a rough time in recent years. He collaborated with others to build a construction project and was suspected of being robbed of about 30 million yuan by false claims. He has filed a lawsuit and is currently under investigation.

Li Shiyan was the only township head who could safely move to the village, but after leaving office, he co-promoted the construction project and was defrauded out of 30 million yuan. (Photo by reporter Yan Hongjun)