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BackThe king does not see the king! Xie Dianlin's bailout remains intact, Cheng Lai-man's platform and Wang Huimei's "4 words" congratulations
The king does not see the king! Xie Dianlin's bailout remains intact, Cheng Lai-man's platform and Wang Huimei's "4 words" congratulations
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The king does not see the king! Xie Dianlin's bailout remains intact, Cheng Lai-man's platform and Wang Huimei's "4 words" congratulations

Changhua County Speaker Xie Dianlin and his father Xie Xinlong were detained for corruption. The founding meeting of the campaign headquarters will be held as usual today. KMT Chairman Zheng Liwen and county magistrate candidate Wei Pingzheng attended the platform, while county magistrate Wang Huimei was absent and only sent orchids to congratulate her.

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  • Changhua County Speaker Xie Dianlin was detained for corruption, and the inauguration meeting of his campaign headquarters was held as usual on the 8th.
  • Kuomintang Chairman Zheng Liwen and candidate Wei Pingzheng attended the platform, but County Magistrate Wang Huimei was absent and did not share the frame with Zheng Liwen, only sending orchids to congratulate her.

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Changhua County Speaker Xie Dianlin and his father Xie Xinlong have been detained by the court since September 17 due to their involvement in corruption and vote-buying cases.

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Changhua County Speaker Xie Dianlin and his father Xie Xinlong were involved in corruption and vote-buying cases. They have been detained by the court since September 17 and banned from seeing them until now. However, Xie Dianlin's campaign headquarters founding meeting was held as usual today (8th). Kuomintang Chairman Zheng Liwen and county magistrate candidate Wei Pingzheng both came to the platform, but the "invincible goddess" County Magistrate Wang Huimei was missing. There were only congratulatory orchids and blessings that read "Victory", showing their firm determination to refuse to be "in the same frame" as Zheng Liwen!

Cheng Lai-wen said that in the past two years, Taiwan has been detaining people frequently and excessively. A detention period can last up to two months. Compared with Japan, South Korea, and neighboring countries in Asia, our detention period is really too long. Taiwan should carry out comprehensive judicial reforms so that prosecutors will not be able to easily detain people to obtain confessions. At this critical moment, voters are asked to stand up bravely and support Xie Dianlin and the Kuomintang.

Since Xie Dianlin is still in custody, today's founding meeting of the CPC was attended by representatives from Xie Dianlin's mother, former legislator Zheng Rufen (suspected in the above-mentioned case and out on bail of RMB 1 million), and Xie Dianlin's sister, legislator Xie Yimin. However, Wang Huimei was the only one missing from the audience. She only sent blessings written in orchids saying "Victory", and she was once again not in the same frame as Cheng Liwen.

Wang Huimei and Zheng Liwen had a crush on each other because the Kuomintang finally recruited lawyer Wei Pingzheng in the Changhua County Magistrate election. Although Wang Huimei refused to accept Wei Pingzheng's position as the general election committee member, she was "in the same frame" with Wei Pingzheng when traveling in local areas. Recently, she also stood on the stage with Wei Pingzheng at a KMT rally. She only missed holding Wei Pingzheng's hand and shouting "frozen garlic". Their relationship has greatly improved.

However, the relationship between Wang Huimei and Cheng Laiwen has never been on the same stage or "in the same frame" with Cheng Laiwen since she was nominated as Changhua County Magistrate. Even this time when Xie Dianlin established the general competition meeting, which was originally considered to be the most likely opportunity to "provide help in the snow", Wang Huimei was absent again, insisting that she was unwilling to merge with Cheng Laiwen, and firmly demonstrated the Wang style of "being herself".

Open Questions

  • Will Wang Huimei share the stage with Cheng Liwen in the future?
  • What is the progress of the subsequent judicial trial of Xie Dianlin's case?

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