Involved in sending meat dumplings and cups to bribe the election, three people, including a candidate for the district chief of the Pingtung Unification Party, were detained and banned from meeting

Involved in sending meat dumplings and raising cups to bribe elections, three people, including a candidate for district chief of the Pingtung Unification Party, were detained and banned from meeting. (File photo)

Significant progress has been reported in the Pingtung District Prosecutor's Office's investigation of grassroots election bribery cases! Pan Jianbang, candidate for Sichunli Chief in Chaozhou Town, Pingtung County, and director-general of the Wanzhong Charity Association, is suspected of having used the name of a charity association event to distribute meat dumplings and cups (kettles) worth more than the legal limit to voters to canvass votes. After investigating the case, the prosecutors and the police jointly launched a large-scale search and summons. After the prosecutor resumed the interview, they determined that three people, including the candidate Pan, the chairman of the Wanzhong Charity Association, Chen, and the director Cai, were involved in the "Public Officials Election and Recall Act" for voting bribery. The Pingtung District Court ruled at around 1 a.m. today (3rd) that all three people should be detained without permission to visit, which shocked the local political arena.

This high-profile election bribery case was jointly investigated by screen prosecutor Cai Hanwen under the command of the Criminal Division of Pingtung County Police Department, Chaozhou Branch and Pingtung County Investigation Station. The task force recently received information that the candidate surnamed Pan used the name of the Dragon Boat Festival to distribute meat dumplings and exquisite cups in the constituency, and the total value clearly exceeded the 30 yuan bribery threshold stipulated by the Ministry of Justice. The prosecutors launched searches in 5 locations yesterday, summoned 11 voters and relevant witnesses, and confiscated 20 cups on the spot.

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Because the candidate surnamed Pan also has the sensitive status of uniting and promoting local cadres of the party, and the competition in this year's grassroots elections is fierce, this case has aroused special local discussion and high attention. The prosecutors solemnly call on the election to be fair and just, and not to defy the law. If the public discovers any bribery, please call the report hotline immediately, and the prosecutors will do their best to deal with it strictly to the end.

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