Changhua County Speaker Xie Dianlin was detained on suspicion of election bribery. Lawyer Huang Diying criticized the Blue Camp for legal illiteracy.

Changhua County Speaker Xie Dianlin, a member of the Kuomintang, was detained on suspicion of election bribery. (File photo)

Changhua County Speaker Xie Dianlin and his parents, both members of the Kuomintang, were investigated by the Changhua District Prosecutor's Office for their involvement in the election bribery case of "Parliament Suspects Treating Me to Election Meals". After the interrogation, the three people were detained and banned from public viewing. The Blue Camp immediately jumped out and criticized the prosecutors for turning into political thugs. In this regard, lawyer Huang Diying complained that the prosecutors must rigorously search for evidence before they can persuade the court to approve the search for the speaker. The blue camp is talking about political thugs and is simply legally illiterate!

Huang Diying posted on Facebook today (17th), "The Changhua District Prosecutor's Office used search tickets to search 9 residences of Speaker Xie Dianlin and others, and seized relevant exhibits. After interrogation by the prosecutor, it was believed that the defendants Xie Xinlong, Zheng Rufen, Xie Dianlin, and service office cadres surnamed Liu, parliament Huang Yubin, director of the Legal Affairs Office, and others were all suspected of committing serious crimes such as voting bribery under Article 99, Paragraph 1, of the Public Officials Election and Recall Law. They were at risk of fleeing, destroying evidence, and colluding with accomplices and witnesses. There was a reason and necessity for detention. They were arrested in court and applied to the Changhua District Court for detention. "

"The spokesperson of the Kuomintang actually said that after Wu Yinning made the accusation public, the Changhua District Prosecutor's Office subsequently conducted separate investigations. The prosecutor should clearly explain the basis for launching the investigation. Is it because they have specific evidence, or is it that politicians take action as soon as the accusation is made? They should never be reduced to a 'political thug' for any political party to attack political opponents."

Huang Diying bluntly said: "According to the Criminal Procedure Law, a search is a compulsory punishment procedure. The prosecutor must petition the court and the search vote can only be carried out after the court approves the search ticket. In judicial practice, the prosecutor's investigation of the speaker's election bribery case is usually a high-profile case. The prosecutor must rigorously investigate and collect evidence to persuade the court to approve the search. The Kuomintang is talking nonsense about investigating political thugs, but it is completely ignorant of the criminal procedure law and is simply blind to the law."