Candidates for Kaohsiung's 2-mile chief were given supplies and lunch boxes and ordered to post bail on bribery charges

The Qiaotou District Prosecutor's Office vigorously cracked down on election bribery. Today it announced that it had uncovered two candidates for the district chief's bribery under false pretenses. Among them, the candidate for the district chief in Qishan District distributed charity materials, and the candidate for the district chief in Gushan District, Dashu District, and his spouse used charity lunches to solicit bribes from voters. A total of 19 people were summoned to the case, and three people were found guilty of bribery in voting under the Public Employee Election and Recall Act. The former was ordered to post bail of 60,000 yuan, and the latter was ordered to post bail of 70,000 yuan and 20,000 yuan.

A district director candidate in Zhongliao District, Qishan District, was suspected of paying bribes by distributing white rice. Prosecutors found that the district director candidate allegedly used the opportunity of distributing materials donated by charity groups in September this year to deliver rice at a market price of 150 yuan to three district residents in the constituency, and sought their support in the election. The prosecutor directed the Fengshan Investigation Station and Gaoqishan Branch to investigate and summoned one candidate for district chief and five voters to the case. After interrogation, it was determined that the candidate for district chief was seriously suspected of committing voting bribery, but detention was not necessary, and he was ordered to post a bail of 60,000 yuan.

In addition, a candidate for the head of the district in Gushanli, Dashu District, and his spouse were suspected of paying bribes through a love lunch event. Chief prosecutor Zheng Ziwei, prosecutors Wu Zirong, Zhuang Chengpin, Zhao Yichun and Xie Qiaoling jointly directed the Southern Crime Fighting Center of the Criminal Bureau of the Renwu Police Station to investigate on November 13.

After investigation, the candidate for the mayor and his spouse were the former and subsequent presidents of the Community Development Association. They were suspected of actively contacting the palaces and temples that were organizing charity lunch distribution activities in other areas since February this year, and assisted in the preparation and promotion of the activities in the name of the community development association co-organizing the temples' charity lunch distribution activities. They also sponsored lunch fees from time to time and distributed lunch boxes with a market price of about 100 yuan and a quantity of 150 to 200 to residents every month, in order to win the support of voters.

The prosecutor ordered to summon one candidate for district chief, one spouse of the candidate, one palace owner, and 10 voters to the case. After interrogation, it was determined that both the candidate and his spouse were seriously suspected of committing voting bribery, but there was no need to detain them, and they were ordered to post bail of 70,000 yuan and 20,000 yuan respectively.