Buy tickets for NT$3,000 per ticket! Nantou's Ren'ai Township deputy was detained and the candidate posted a bail of RMB 150,000
Quick Look
- The candidate surnamed Ji in the first constituency of the Renai Village Representative in Nantou County was suspected of buying votes in cash for 1,000 to 3,000 yuan per vote through stakeholder surnames such as Zhou, and was suspected of falsely changing his household registration.
- The prosecutors and police searched 34 places and interviewed more than 20 people.
- The court ruled that Zhuangjiao, surnamed Zhou, should be detained without permission to see the candidate, while the candidate surnamed Ji should be released on bail of 150,000 yuan and have a restricted residence.
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Why It Matters
The Nantou Procuratorate and the Police conducted a large-scale search and interview on suspected bribery and false household registration cases in the Renai village representative election.
The candidate surnamed Ji in the first constituency of Renai Township was involved in buying votes through cash with the surname Zhou, with the maximum price of one vote being 3,000 yuan.
The Nantou County Ren'ai village representative candidate surnamed Ji was involved in election bribery. Three people including him surnamed Zhou bought votes from voters separately with cash, with the maximum amount of each vote ranging from 1,000 yuan to 3,000 yuan. Nantou prosecutors searched 34 locations yesterday and interviewed more than 20 people , withholding 42,200 yuan including the bribe paid back by the voters, the prosecutor applied to the Nantou District Court to detain Ji and Zhou. After the court session, the court ruled that Zhuangjiao, surnamed Zhou, should be detained without permission to see the candidate, and the candidate surnamed Ji was ordered to post a bail of 150,000 yuan and restricted his residence.
The candidate surnamed Ji is suspected of delivering cash to Zhou Zhuangjiao and others. Among them, Zhou Zhuangjiao asked voters to vote for the candidate surnamed Ji at NT$1,000 to NT$3,000 per vote. Last night, a bribe of NT$42,200 was withheld, of which NT$9,000 was paid back by voters. After the investigation, the prosecutor concluded that both Ji and Zhou were involved in serious voting bribery crimes in violation of the Public Employee Election and Recall Law, and that they had considerable reasons to flee, collude with accomplices, and witnesses, so they requested the court for custody. Zhuangjiao, surnamed Zhou, was approved by the court today to be detained without permission to attend. The candidate surnamed Ji was ordered to post a bail of 150,000 yuan and have a restricted residence.
The Nantou District Prosecutor's Office pointed out that although Zhuangjiao's brother, surnamed Zhou, and Yang, there were reasons for detention, there was no need to detain them. The prosecutor ordered bails of NT$50,000 and NT$30,000 respectively, and the rest of the voters were asked to return.
Nantou prosecutors also investigated yesterday that a candidate named Ji's Ren'ai township had falsely moved the household registrations of many of his relatives from counties and cities outside their actual residence to the candidate's household registration in the constituency, thereby obtaining the voting rights of the village representative. After investigation, the prosecutor found that the man surnamed Bai was involved in the crime of changing household registration to obstruct voting and other crimes. Bai's sister was ordered to pay a deferred prosecution penalty of 10,000 yuan. Bai Bai posted a bail of 30,000 yuan, and the rest of his family members were paid a bail of 10,000 yuan.
Open Questions
- What is the actual number of voters affected by the vote buying involved?
- Are there other candidates involved in similar cases?
