Former New Party candidate Zhang Rongfa ran for mayor of Hualien and was interviewed for suspected anti-osmosis law

Zhang Rongfa, the former deputy spokesman of the New Party who once represented the New Party in Taipei City Council, ran for Hualien mayor this year. He was interrogated for suspected involvement in the anti-osmosis law and was released on bail of NT$60,000. (File photo)

Zhang Rongfa, former deputy spokesman of the New Party and who once ran for Taipei City Council on behalf of the New Party, is running for the Hualien mayoral election this year. He is suspected of accepting instructions, commissions or funding from foreign hostile forces to engage in campaign activities. The Hualien District Prosecutor's Office directed the Investigation Bureau of the Ministry of Justice to investigate in Hualien County. The station, Taipei City Investigation Office, Miaoli County Investigation Station and other units went to Zhang's residence with a search ticket issued by the Hualien District Court. After interrogation, they believed that the defendant Zhang Rongfa was suspected of violating the anti-infiltration law, but it was not necessary to detain him. He was ordered to post a bail of 60,000 yuan.

The 54-year-old Zhang Rongfa used to be the first student president of the Night Department of National Taiwan University, and later served as the deputy spokesperson and deputy director of the organizing committee of the New Party. In 2022, he ran for the city councilor of the Fifth District of Taipei City with the New Party and lost with 2,802 votes. This time he ran as an independent. Mayor Lien, many large billboards have been hung in the urban area. Taking "New Mayor, New Deal, Good Life in Hualien" as the main theme of the campaign, he proposed to strive for direct flights between the three places across the Taiwan Strait, directly bring tourist flow to Hualien, and activate the local economy. He promised to donate all the election subsidies to charity after being elected.

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When Zhang Rongfa was running for Taipei City Council on behalf of the New Party in 2022, in order to avoid inspections by the Food and Drug Administration, he used his spouse, relatives and friends as heads to import 4,300 doses of rapid screening reagents from Xiamen Baotai Biotechnology Company in China, and provided free selection For civilian use, the first instance was sentenced to five months in prison for violating the Medical Equipment Management Act. Zhang Rongfa appealed and confessed to the crime. The Taiwan High Court reversed the sentence and sentenced Zhang to three months in prison. He was fined 90,000 yuan, suspended for 2 years, and received two sessions of legal education.

The Hualien District Prosecutor's Office emphasized today that maintaining a pure election environment requires the participation of all people. This department sincerely appeals to the public to call the toll-free reporting hotline 0800-024099 (press 4 after dialing) if you encounter vote-buying, threats of violence, election betting, false information, ghost populations or the involvement of foreign financial forces. The identity of the whistleblower will be kept confidential under the highest standards, and if the whistleblower is found to be true, the whistleblowing reward will be up to NT$20 million. We hope that all people will work together to build a security protection network and create a clean election environment.

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