The first of its kind in the country! Suspected of seeking high reward for reporting, Yilan man bought alcohol and falsely accused a parliamentary candidate of bribery and was detained

A man bought beer and falsely accused the Lanying Yilan County parliamentary candidate of bribery, becoming the first "whistleblower" to be detained in the country. (File photo)

First published: 09:41

Update time: 12:00 (updated with prosecutor’s statement and Huang Jianyong’s response)

The country's first false report and financial fraud case was reported in China! A 22-year-old man surnamed Lin is suspected of trying the law in order to obtain high bonuses. He directed and acted in the purchase of a box of 24 cans of "Taiwan Beer" and falsely accused Huang Jianyong, the KMT candidate for Zhuangwei Constituency in Yilan County, for voting bribery. After the Yilan District Prosecutor's Office clarified the criminal facts late at night, it was determined that Lin was involved in serious crimes such as defrauding money and making false accusations. Today, he applied to the court for permission to be detained. Huang Jianyong, who was innocently framed, responded by thanking the prosecutor for clearing his name and looking forward to continuing to find out the truth.

It is reported that Mr. Lin called the hotline and lied about the information, saying that when he returned home in the early morning, he found a box of Taiwanese beer at the door with Huang Jianyong's name written on it in black strange pen. He was immediately handed over to the prosecutor for seizure. The police at the grassroots level were under great pressure during the investigation of bribery. They paid great attention to the leakage of various information and handled the case overnight, spending a large amount of police force to investigate and filter. Unexpectedly, after one day of handling, they discovered that this was a big lie.

The task force investigated and found that although Mr. Lin’s home did not have a surveillance camera, after enlarging the footage of the intersection, no one carried the beer there at all. Instead, the footage recorded Lin Nan going to a chain store to buy beer, and then personally making up Huang Jianyong's name with a strange pen. Prosecutor Zhang Liyan immediately directed the Jiaoxi Branch to arrest Lin and bring him to trial with a search ticket, exposing the outrageous scam and safeguarding the prestige of prosecutorial investigation and handling of cases.

When questioned, Lin made excuses by saying "forgot or don't know." The prosecutors admitted that Lin was involved in serious crimes such as obtaining money through fraud, making false accusations, using forged evidence of a relationship with another person, forging signatures and perjury, and that there was a risk of destroying evidence. The prosecution was approved, making it the first case in the country this year where Lin was imprisoned for falsely reporting election bribery.

As for the reporting bonus, county councilors can get a quarter of 2 million yuan if they sue, 500,000 yuan without recovery, another quarter if the first instance is judged, and the remaining half after the verdict is confirmed. Since the Yilan District Prosecutor's Office opened a 24-hour reporting hotline, there are currently more than 10 reporting cases still under investigation.

Huang Jianyong responded, thanking the prosecutors for their serious investigation and clearing his name. "I definitely did not send beer." After asking the village chief, he remembered that he had helped this young man handle a car accident case. He also hoped that the prosecutors could continue to find out the truth. He believed that the increase in reporting bonuses would indeed lead to false accusations or being instructed to take bonuses. He called on candidates to maintain the correct concept of clean elections and not bribery, and to give candidates a clean and good election atmosphere.