Compound vote-buying! Candidates for mayor of Wuri District are detained and banned from meeting after giving gifts while traveling, embezzling rice and then falsely changing their household registration

From travel receptions to misappropriation of rice and false household registrations, a candidate surnamed Gao in Taichung's Wuri District was suspected of buying votes in three ways. On the 29th, the Central Prosecutor's Office launched a search and uncovered the first "complex election bribery case" in the jurisdiction. In addition to confiscating mobile phones, souvenirs, rice and other evidence, they also arrested the daughter and brought her to the case. After an overnight interrogation, she was found guilty of serious crimes and applied to the court for detention and prohibition of communication. The meeting was approved tonight.

The Central Prosecutor's Office pointed out that the candidate for the district chief surnamed Gao in Wuri District, who is also the chairman of the community development association, is suspected of turning the association's activities into a canvassing tool. He held a visit in May this year and took the opportunity to send biscuit gifts worth about 200 yuan each to residents with voting rights. He also did not forget to send his own campaign picture card to win favor with voters and gain support.

In addition, in October, Gao was suspected of misappropriating donations from a palace and temple, distributing white rice that was originally used for charity purposes to residents with voting rights, and turning charity materials into campaign chips. He was also found to be suspected of using household registration tricks to falsely move five relatives who did not actually live there into the household registration in an attempt to increase the number of voters.

On the 29th, prosecutor He Changhan directed the prosecutorial affairs officers of the Serious Case Support Center, the Investigation Bureau Taichung City Investigation Division, the Criminal Police Department, the Taichung City Police Department and other units to search 12 places in multiple ways. The girl was arrested and brought to the case, and 38 others were notified. The relevant defendants stated that after being interrogated overnight, they admitted that Gao was suspected of serious crimes such as voting bribery, false household registration, and public welfare embezzlement. They were also at risk of fleeing and colluding with witnesses. They applied to the court for a detention ban and were granted permission. The remaining defendants were asked to return after interrogation.