So embarrassing! The "protagonist" on Cheng Lai Man's platform is missing. Huang Hanhuang was detained last night for bribery.
Quick Look
- Huang Hanhuang, the Kuomintang candidate for Xixiang mayor, was suspected of voting bribery and was detained by a court on the eve of the vote.
- KMT Chairman Cheng Lai-man still attended the founding meeting of her election campaign as originally planned, with Huang's wife wearing a ribbon on her behalf.
- She criticized the judiciary on stage for detaining people in the countdown to the election as "judicial cruelty."
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Why It Matters
Huang Hanhuang, the Kuomintang's Xixiang mayor candidate, was suspected of voting bribery and was ruled by the court on the 13th to be detained without permission.
Huang Hanhuang, the Kuomintang candidate for Xixiang mayor, was ordered by the court yesterday (13th) to be detained and banned from public viewing on suspicion of voting bribery. Since KMT Chairman Cheng Lai-man had already finalized the platform for Huang Hanhuang's general election today (14th), the "hero" who had scheduled the platform was unexpectedly detained last night. Today, Cheng Laiwen appeared at the venue and the host shouted "Huang Hanhuang freezes the election", but the protagonist was detained in the detention center, which shocked the grassroots of the blue camp.
During today's grand entrance, Zheng Liwen could only let Huang Hanhuang's wife put on Huang Hanhuang's campaign ribbon. Amidst the cheers of supporters, she walked all the way from the front of the venue to the stage area. Huang Hanhuang's wife was seen with a solemn expression throughout the whole process, without a trace of a smile on her face. This was in sharp contrast to the scene where ordinary candidates were smiling and waving enthusiastically to supporters when they entered the venue.
Cheng Lai-man stood on the stage to give a speech, with a heavy expression on her face. She confessed that she was very angry when she opened her mouth, and criticized the judiciary for detaining Huang Hanhuang in the countdown to the election as "the cruelty of the judiciary".
She felt aggrieved for Huang Hanhuang and said that when Huang Hanhuang was still a village representative in September last year, he went to Puli with his colleagues and bought a bag of local famous raw toast for each person. How could this old incident, which was more than a year apart, be involved in buying votes in this year's election? It's unacceptable that people are detained 14 days before the election.
She gave an example that every time she went to Puli, the local people would buy her a pack of raw toast to take back to Taipei. This kind of behavior shows the strong sense of Taiwanese people. "We Taiwanese are warm, kind, generous, and very hospitable."
Open Questions
- What was the specific evidence that led the court to determine that Huang Hanhuang was suspected of bribery?
- Will this case further affect the development of the election?
