Big fight? Changhua County Speaker Xie Dianlin’s detention was postponed. The key is that the prosecutor proved evidence of collusion and destruction of evidence.

Changhua County Speaker Xie Dianlin, a member of the Kuomintang, was detained for allegedly "paying for election meals with public funds" and fraudulently defrauding public funds under a pretext. Today, the court ruled that his detention ban should be extended for another two months. The judge ruled that the key to delaying the detention lies in the prosecution's evidence and accusations. During the investigation, the accomplices and relevant witnesses in the case had taken actions to destroy evidence and collude, so detention was necessary.

The judge of the collegial panel believed that the evidence presented by the prosecutor showed that the defendant Xie Dianlin's criminal suspicion was still serious, because Xie Dianlin was involved in a crime (corruption and other crimes) with a minimum sentence of more than 5 years in prison, and he denied committing the crime, and there would be related accomplices and other crimes in the future. It is necessary to cross-examine witnesses, and witnesses are continuously summoned by the prosecutor for investigation. This court believes that the defendant Xie Dianlin may have colluded with accomplices and witnesses, and there are reasons for his detention. In addition, the defendant Xie Dianlin has a higher position in overall criminal control.

The hospital stated that during the investigation of this case, relevant accomplices and witnesses engaged in acts that were suspected of destroying evidence and colluding as cited by the prosecution. Considering that Xie Dianlin is the chairman of the Changhua County Council and has a high degree of influence on accomplices and witnesses in this case, if the defendant Xie Dianlin is allowed to post bail, it may indeed affect the statements of relevant accomplices and witnesses. Therefore, it is believed that it is still necessary to continue to detain Xie Dianlin and prohibit access to communications. Therefore, it was ruled that Xie Dianlin should continue to be detained and prohibited from communication and interviews.

Xie Dianlin and others were suspected of using public funds from the parliament to hold a dinner party on June 23 to support the election of his cousin Chen Zhenfei (nominated by the Kuomintang) for mayor of Xihu Town. After the incident came to light, they quickly used private funds to replenish public funds. In addition, it was pointed out that when prosecutors were investigating Xie Dianlin’s suspected election bribery case in July this year, they asked the council to send a letter of account information in recent years. Someone from the council immediately tipped off the Xie family, and the Xie family even obtained the internal surveillance footage of the Changhua County Council (a video of the dinner party) Therefore, in addition to the charges of corruption and election bribery, Xie Dianlin’s father, Xie Xinlong (who posted a bail of NT$10 million on the 10th of this month) and others were also charged with leaking secrets other than national defense, illegally collecting and processing personal information, and obtaining other people’s computer electromagnetic records without reason.