Lanying Hengshan Township Mayor Zhang Zhihong was elected and detained for corruption and bribery, and Li Guolu was sworn in as deputy

Zhang Zhihong, the head of Hengshan Township in Hsinchu County, a Kuomintang citizen, was investigated by the Hsinchu District Prosecutor's Office for allegedly using an official vehicle for personal use and paying cash for election bribery. After interrogation, prosecutors determined that he had committed serious crimes involving the Corruption Crime Ordinance and the Election and Removal of Public Officials Act. He was arrested in court and remanded in custody. On October 22, the Hsinchu District Court ruled that his detention was prohibited. The Hsinchu County Government appointed Councilor Li Guolu as acting township head, and a swearing-in and handover ceremony was held at the Hengshan Township Office this morning.

The Hsinchu County Government stated that in order to maintain the normal operation of township affairs and prevent public sector administrative services from being interrupted due to the case, the county government appointed Councilor Li Guolu to take over the township government work in accordance with Article 82 of the Local System Law. The handover ceremony was performed by County Secretary-General Li Anyu as the oath supervisor, and Accounting Department Director Huang Xunjia served as the supervisor.

The Hsinchu District Prosecutor's Office pointed out that prosecutor Weng Xuhui directed the Criminal Bureau, Hsinchu County Police Department and Taipei City Investigation Office on October 21 to search at 4 locations and interviewed the defendant Zhang Zhihong and 5 witnesses. A total of 6 people came to the case and seized evidence such as mobile phones, laptops, red envelopes, monitor mainframes and related account books.

According to the prosecutor's investigation, Zhang Zhihong was suspected of using official cars for private use between February and October this year to benefit himself and others. He was also suspected of delivering cash ranging from 6,000 yuan to 10,000 yuan to voters between June and August as a bribe in an attempt to influence voters' voting intentions and support their specific candidates of choice.

After interrogation, the prosecutor determined that Zhang Zhihong was suspected of violating Article 6, Paragraph 1, Paragraph 4, of the Corruption and Corruption Regulations, and the crime of bribery for voting, Article 99, Paragraph 1, of the Public Officials Election and Recall Act. He was also at risk of destroying evidence, fleeing, and colluding with evidence. After being arrested in court, he applied for detention in the Hsinchu District Court.