Hualien Xiulin Township Mayor Wang Meigui and her husband Hu Zhimin were detained for election bribery and banned from public viewing

Hualien Xiulin Township Mayor Wang Meigui and her husband Hu Zhimin, both members of the Kuomintang, are running for the next term of county councilor and township chief respectively. They were investigated and investigated for allegedly distributing cash, gifts, free meals and other improper benefits to voters, and were detained by the court for election violations. The Hualien District Court's press release tonight stated that the defendant's LINE conversation records were deleted, and there are enough facts to prove that the three defendants are in danger of destroying evidence, colluding with accomplices or witnesses, and ordered them to be detained in custody.

The Hualien District Court pointed out that the LINE conversation records of the defendants surnamed Wang and Hu were deleted. The confessions of the three defendants (the other one is the person in charge of the public welfare society surnamed Xu) are not consistent with the testimonies of the witnesses summoned by the prosecutor in the file, and are even consistent with the testimonies of some witnesses. There are obvious discrepancies in the description. The detention petition has stated that there are witnesses who should have appeared in the case but have not turned up for questioning. This means that there are enough facts to prove that the three defendants are in danger of destroying evidence or colluding with accomplices or witnesses, and there are reasons for detention stipulated in Article 101, Paragraph 1, Paragraph 2 of the Criminal Procedure Law.

The judge considered the serious infringement of the legal interests of the three defendants in this case, the restriction of personal freedom, the sound maintenance of the legal interests of the state and society, and all the evidence in the case, taking into account the principle of proportionality. If not detained at this stage, it will not be enough to ensure the progress of the prosecution. At present, there is no way to replace detention with other less infringing means other than detention, and detention is necessary. Yuan Jun has been detained for two months since September 9 and is prohibited from visiting, communicating, and receiving items. However, the receiving and receiving of drugs and items related to maintaining the defendant's health is not prohibited.

In the nine-in-one election at the end of the year, Township Mayor Wang Meigui registered to run for county councilor after completing her term, and Township Mayor Hu Zhimin registered to run for election. Lin was detained yesterday. The county election committee stated that the two candidates have completed the qualification review stage and sent letters to the Central Election Commission for review. Unless there are corruption, violation of the election and recall law and sentencing determination, etc. Article 26 of the election and recall law, the qualifications will not be affected. The county government stated that it has not yet received the results of the ruling, and will appoint an acting township chief according to the law after receiving the official document from the court.