The plot of defrauding public funds for private use has not yet been clarified. It will be revealed whether Xie Dianlin’s bail will be postponed.
The Changhua District Prosecutor's Office requested to extend Xie Dianlin's detention, and Xie Xinlong was allowed to post bail of 10 million yuan and be restricted from leaving the country.
Quick Look
- Xie Dianlin, speaker of the Changhua County Council of the Kuomintang, was involved in a corruption and vote-buying case, and his father Xie Xinlong was granted bail of 10 million yuan by the Changhua District Court.
- The prosecutor applied to the court to postpone the detention for 2 months on the grounds that Xie Dianlin was involved in another case of defrauding public funds.
- Local people predicted that the chance of delaying the detention was extremely high.
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Why It Matters
Xie Dianlin and Xie Xinlong were detained on September 17 on suspicion of corruption and election bribery. During the investigation, prosecutors discovered that the parliament's account books had been leaked, and that Xie Dianlin was suspected of using public funds to hold dinner parties to support the election of specific candidates.
Xie Dianlin, the chairman of the Changhua County Council of the Kuomintang, was suspected of using public funds to host an "election dinner" and was guilty of corruption and vote-buying. He and his father Xie Xinlong were detained on September 17. The Changhua District Court ruled today that Xie Xinlong With a guarantee of 10 million yuan, the court is expected to open a hearing on Xie Dianlin's extended detention case tomorrow (11th). Local people believe, "Let dad Xie Xinlong get out. There is a high chance that Xie Dianlin's detention will be extended tomorrow, and the extension of detention may be a foregone conclusion!"
Regarding whether the father and son should continue to be detained, the Changhua District Prosecutor's Office issued a press release this evening stating that Xie Dianlin was "involved in other circumstances of fraudulently defrauding public funds for private use, which have not yet been clarified, and he applied to the court to extend his detention for 2 months."
The Changhua District Prosecutor's Office announced the reasons for the arrest of Xie Dianlin and Xie Xinlong on September 17 this year. The charges committed by Xie Xinlong were different from those of his son Xie Dianlin. It was pointed out that when the prosecutors investigated Xie Dianlin’s suspected election bribery case in July this year, they asked the parliament to send a letter of accounting information in recent years. Someone from the parliament immediately informed the Xie family that Liu Chenyou, an important cadre of the Xie family known as the "special assistant", was suspected of obtaining meals from the parliament. The on-site surveillance video of the meeting was handed over to the Xie family. The prosecutor believed that Xie Xinlong was involved in the crime of leaking secrets other than national defense, illegal collection and processing of personal information, and obtaining other people's computer electromagnetic records without reason. It was different from Xie Dianlin's crime of corruption and vote-buying.
Local people pointed out that the prosecutors agreed to Xie Xinlong's bail, but did not agree to Xie Dianlin's bail. Under the "release the father, keep the son" strategy, there is a high chance that Xie Dianlin's detention will be extended tomorrow, and the extension may be a foregone conclusion. The prosecutors recently reviewed the Changhua County Council's account books in recent years and frequently circulated the news. Calling parliamentary civil servants and other relevant persons, Xie Dianlin is suspected of using parliamentary public funds to hold a dinner party on June 23 to support the election of his cousin Chen Zhenfei (nominated by the Kuomintang) who is running for mayor of Xihu Town. There may be other frauds that need to be investigated and clarified. Xie Dianlin's chance of posting bail is very low.
What to Watch
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
The court will hear Xie Dianlin’s extended detention case on the 11th
Very likely · Within days
Open Questions
- Will Xie Dianlin be ordered by the court to extend his detention?
- What are the details of the subsequent investigation by the prosecutor into the fraud of public funds?







