The Democratic Progressive Party Taitung County Mayor candidate Chen Ying's campaign headquarters held a "Ask Speaker Wu Xiuhua!" press conference this morning. The spokesperson team Jian Weiguo, Chen Xuanyu, Chen Jinxi and Wang Taijie jointly targeted the "Tongying Resort" and "Luye" invested by Taitung County Speaker Wu Xiuhua's family. Heping Jing Yuan" two major development projects, both suspected of using public funds to widen agricultural roads to benefit private development projects, raised seven key questions to Wu Xiuhua, asking him to come forward in person to explain clearly, and questioned how Wu Xiuhua could ensure that his subordinates handle their own development projects with integrity if he is elected as the county magistrate.
Jian Weiguo pointed out that Qiu Jiaping, assistant to Speaker Wu Xiuhua, was detained and banned from seeing the case. As land transactions, development applications and environmental impact assessment records are made public, doubts continue to arise about whether the Speaker knew, participated or profited from them. Although Wu Xiuhua claimed not to know about it, his assistant Qiu Jiaping had clearly recorded the road widening plan when he participated in the environmental impact assessment on behalf of the development company. Even the assistant and relevant personnel were aware of the matter. As a landowner, the Speaker could not stay away from the matter.
Chen Xuanyu said that the data showed that after Wu Xiuhua sold the land, the deposit income in the property declaration was short of more than 50 million yuan. Although the camp has responded that it was due to illegal roadblock deductions and time differences in declarations, in the latest property declaration registered for the subsequent election for Taitung County Magistrate, the deposit figures still did not increase or even decreased. Where did the more than 50 million that disappeared go? Is it related to false funds?
Chen Jinxi pointed out that Wu Xiuhua’s eldest brother Wu Junli bought part of the land in Dongying Resort for a total price of about 33.14 million yuan in 2014. However, just one year later, in 2015, he resold it to Zhong Jiacun, chairman of the Three Places Group, for a high price of 151 million yuan. The unit price soared nearly five times. He questioned that the transaction was not even fully registered due to abnormal prices. Wu Xiuhua, as the core land-related beneficiary of the family, had made huge profits in a short period of time and should confess to the county people whether there was any inside information or benefit transfer.
Wang Taijie further added that Wu Xiuhua holds up to 50% of the land rights of the Dongying Development Base. As the largest landowner, whether he exerts influence in coordinating road projects during the development and widening process, the council and relevant units should disclose complete information to clarify their responsibilities.
Regarding the "Luye Peace Garden" case, the spokesperson team also questioned its alleged misuse of public funds. Most of the land covered by the road is held or leased by members of the Wu family. Why can the public budget "tailor-build" roads for private land and resorts? These two rural road widening disputes are not simply political hype. Wu Xiuhua should no longer lead the way with slogans such as "election manipulation" or "judicial persecution". Instead, he should respond head-on to the seven major questions and give Taitung County residents a fair and transparent explanation.
