Gao Jin Sumei Cai struggled to plead not guilty. Two members of the legal team were transferred from judicial officers.

Non-party legislator Gao Jin Sumei was suspected of fraudulently obtaining more than 7.87 million yuan in public assistant fees and illegally importing 74,000 doses of Chinese-made rapid screening reagents. She was prosecuted by the Taipei District Prosecutor's Office and sentenced to 12 years in prison in June; the Taipei District Court today Gao Jin was summoned to a preparatory court. This was her first appearance in court since being charged, and her legal team also became the focus. The three lawyers were Zheng Yuren, Zhong Weihan and Li Yirong; among them, Zheng and Zhong were both transferred judicial officers.

Before becoming a lawyer, Zheng Yuren served as a judge of the Major Financial Division of the High Court, the Criminal Division, the Civil Division, and the Major Financial Division of the Taipei District Court. In the past, he also served as a serving judge in the Judicial Administration Department of the Judicial Yuan, the leader of the Judicial and Social Dialogue Group, the personnel review committee, and the director and deputy secretary-general of the Judges Association of the Republic of China. After he stepped down as a judge, he joined the "He Yao International Law Firm" together with Lin Yuhui, the former Intellectual Property and Commercial Court judge, and created a dream team in the legal world.

Chung Wei-han used to be the chief prosecutor of the Taipei District Prosecutor's Office. During his tenure, he handled the insurance fraud case of a traditional Chinese medicine clinic, the corruption case of the director of the Taipei City Supervision Office, and the case of false financial reports of Elli Corporation. He also supported the sensational bribery case of legislators. After becoming a lawyer, he handled many major cases, including the case of former Taoyuan City Mayor Zheng Wencan, the case of Hsinchu Mayor Gao Hongan, the case of former Yilan County County Mayor Lin Zimiao, and the corruption case of Taipei City Councilor Ye Linchuan.

Gao Jin Sumei appeared in court today to plead not guilty, arguing that the Legislative Yuan passed an amendment to the Legislative Yuan Organic Law earlier this year and determined that assistant fees are expenses to subsidize legislators. The Legislative Yuan only pays for them. The relevant labor relationship exists between legislators and assistants. The court should respect the legislative intention. Moreover, other judgments of the High Court on assistant fees have also determined that assistant fees are substantive subsidies to legislators.

In addition, Zhang Jun makes decisions regarding assistant matters in Gao Jin Sumei's office, including interviews, hiring, salaries, etc. Although Gao Jin Sumei's committee signed the relevant documents, most of the details will not be asked. In violation of the Medical Materials Management Act, Gao Jin Sumei was only responsible for matching and distributing the drugs. She was not aware of or participated in the customs declaration and import of the rapid screening reagents.