Huang Shijun, the Kuomintang's candidate for Yilan parliamentary nomination, was detained for "borrowing cash in the toilet" for buying votes.

The Kuomintang nominated Huang Shijun to be elected as a member of Yilan County. Thousands of dollars in cash was left in the toilet and he was detained for buying votes. (Picture taken from the Ministry of Interior website)

Huang Shijun, the current non-party representative of Suao Town in Yilan and nominated by the Kuomintang to become a county councilor, was involved in bribery of 1,000 yuan per vote in cash. In order to avoid detection, he resorted to "borrowing the toilet to put cash", but he was still discovered by the prosecutor. After an overnight interrogation, it was determined that Huang and Pan were involved in a serious crime of voting bribery, and two people were jailed. After a trial, the Yilan District Court ruled today that their detention is prohibited.

On the 13th, Hong Jingming, prosecutor of the Yilan District Prosecutor's Office, directed the Yilan County Investigation Station, Criminal Bureau, Su'ao, and Shilin Police Stations to investigate Huang Shijun and Pan Zhuangjiao's violation of the Election and Recall Act. The task force used the District Court to issue search tickets, and the troops went to 5 locations to search in multiple ways. A total of 4 people were summoned to report to the case.

It is reported that in order to avoid prosecution and video recording, Huang visited supporters and before leaving, he deliberately put the bribe money on the water tank on the pretext of "borrowing the toilet" and later reminded people that there was something in the toilet. The prosecutor received the report and carefully investigated the bribery situation based on the witnesses and physical evidence. After the prosecutor held a night interrogation and detained them, the judge ruled that Huang and Pan were detained without permission.

In 2026, the number of seats in the Suao constituency will be reduced from 3 to 2. Originally, there was a "three-power" situation in which Huang Shijun of the Kuomintang, Li Mingzhe, the mayor of Suao Town of the Democratic Progressive Party, and Chen Yuping, the independent current councilor, ran for re-election. Now that Huang has been detained for bribery, the situation in the local election may change.