An employee of the Pingtung County Cultural Resources Institute was indicted by prosecutors for corruption and borrowing licenses to bid

The Pingtung County Cultural Resources Institute suddenly reported that an employee surnamed Lin and his wife used relatives and friends as their heads to set up an enterprise company to bid under licenses, and undertook many small purchase cases they handled. The amount of corruption involved amounted to 1.08 million yuan. After the investigation, the Pingtung District Procuratorate filed a public prosecution in accordance with the Corruption Punishment Ordinance and Violation of the Government Procurement Law, and specifically requested that Mr. Lin be sentenced to 4 years and 6 months in prison, and his wife, Ms. Yang, 3 years and August. The Cultural Department of Ping County Government stated today (1st) that it upholds justice and will never protect shortcomings. It has conducted a comprehensive investigation and dealt with it in accordance with the law.

Mr. Lin was originally an employee of the Pingtung County Cultural Assets Protection Office. He was dismissed on August 1 after the incident. After the prosecution, the Pingtung District Court ruled that he should be released on bail of 250,000 yuan. His wife surnamed Yang was originally a temporary employee of the County Government’s Research Office and resigned on August 21. The two people were suspected of setting up an enterprise company through "borrowed bidding" through relatives and friends from 2024 to 2026, contracting open labor services such as cleaning and maintenance of the Xiatsui River Iron Bridge and Dawuying District undertaken by Lin Man, as well as multiple small purchase cases, making illegal profits of more than 1.08 million yuan. The two people confessed to the crime during the investigation and returned all the proceeds of crime.

The corruption-related case has attracted local attention. The Pingtung County Government's Cultural Department today emphasized that it "upholds justice and will never protect shortcomings." It pointed out that Lin was a contract employee of the Ping County Cultural Assets Protection Office. Since the investigation, the office has fully cooperated with the anti-corruption unit and judicial authorities in the investigation. In accordance with the "Pingtung County Government and its affiliated agencies and schools' employment management points", the contract was terminated from August 1, the date of his detention, and no cover-up was given.

Regarding the open labor contracts and small purchase cases involved, the Culture Department also stated that it has carried out comprehensive administrative inspections and re-examinations. If there are indeed those who bid in false names or illegally perform the contracts, necessary actions such as recovery, suspension or termination of contracts will be carried out in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Government Procurement Law to maintain the fairness and justice of public procurement.

"Strengthen the avoidance of interests and strictly implement internal audits!" The Cultural Affairs Office emphasized that it will fully implement the regulations and notification mechanism of the Public Employee Conflict of Interest Avoidance Law, requiring colleagues and manufacturers participating in procurement to accurately fill in the identity disclosure form before bidding and signing contracts, and strengthen the education and training of colleagues on the relevant provisions of the Government Procurement Law; it will also establish internal audits and comparison operations to strictly prevent the occurrence of illegal bidding using human heads or affiliated companies.