Involved in sending three candidates to Guan Miao Mian to help bribe the election, Tamsui Kandingli Chang posted a bail of 100,000

Shilin District Prosecutor's Office. (File photo)

Just 21 days before the nine-in-one election, the Shilin District Prosecutor's Office received a report that Wu, the mayor of Kanding District, Tamsui District, New Taipei City, was not running for re-election, but was suspected of helping three mayor candidates to bribe the election through travel, meals, gifts, etc. On the 6th, the Shilin District Prosecutor's Office launched a search. After the prosecutor's review, he ordered the mayor Wu to post a bail of 100,000 yuan, the candidate surnamed You to post a bail of 50,000 yuan, and the candidates surnamed Zeng and Chen to restrict their residence.

The Shilin District Prosecutor's Office pointed out that it recently received information that the district chief of Tamsui District, New Taipei City, surnamed Wu, is suspected of using funds and subsidies from the district office, plus his own personal money, to frequently organize tourism activities for residents before the election, and to hold dinner parties in the name of the Double Ninth Festival. He took the opportunity to give away biscuits, Guanmiao noodles, supermarket gift certificates and other items to seek support from voters in the constituency where the three district chief candidates surnamed You, Zeng, and Chen are located, and is suspected of bribery.

After the prosecutor learned about it, he assigned prosecutor Li Anxuan to investigate, and directed the New Taipei City Investigation Division of the Investigation Bureau and the New Taipei City Tamsui Police Station to form a task force to collect evidence and review relevant documents to find out whether it was true. It is reported that the district chief surnamed Wu once worked as a police officer. He was elected as the head of Kanding District for the first time in 2022, but he did not run for re-election this year.

The prosecutor's office launched a search on the 6th, searching the residences of four people including Wu Li, Zhang, and five other joint campaign headquarters. They seized mobile phones and related documents, and notified Wu Li, Zhang and other four defendants, as well as 19 witnesses, to report to the case.

After interrogation by the prosecutor, it was believed that the four people including Wu, surnamed Wu, were involved in the crime of bribery in voting under the Public Employee Election and Removal Law, but there was no need to detain them. The candidates surnamed Wu and You were ordered to post bail of 100,000 yuan and 50,000 yuan respectively. The candidates surnamed Zeng and Chen were restricted in their residence, and the investigation is ongoing.