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BackChanghua County Assembly dinner involved election bribery, prosecutors charged three parents of speaker Xie Dianlin
Changhua County Assembly dinner involved election bribery, prosecutors charged three parents of speaker Xie Dianlin
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Changhua County Assembly dinner involved election bribery, prosecutors charged three parents of speaker Xie Dianlin

Changhua County CouncilXie DianlinXie Xinlong

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  • The Changhua District Prosecutor's Office investigated a case of allegedly inviting an election meal to the Changhua County Council on June 23, and determined that Speaker Xie Dianlin and his parents Xie Xinlong and Zheng Rufen were involved in bribery for voting in violation of the election recall law.
  • The application for detention was approved.
  • Five other people, including Liu Nan, a cadre from the service office, and Huang Nan, a council cadre, were detained.

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Why It Matters

The Changhua County Council held a dinner party on June 23, which was suspected to be an election meal to support Chen Zhenfei, a candidate for mayor of Xihu Town. After investigation, the prosecutor found that it was guilty of bribery for voting under the election strike law.

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Xie Dianlin (left) and his parents Xie Xinlong and Zheng Rufen were all detained by the prosecutor. (File photo)

The Changhua District Prosecutor's Office yesterday (16th) directed the investigation bureau personnel to investigate a suspected "election dinner" case held by the Changhua County Council on June 23. They searched 9 places and seized evidence. The prosecutor determined that Changhua County Assembly Speaker Xie Dianlin (KMT nationality) and his parents Xie Xinlong and Zheng Rufen (former KMT legislators) were involved in the serious crime of voting bribery under Article 99, Paragraph 1 of the Election and Recall Law, and that it was necessary to detain them. They applied to the court for detention, and the Changhua District Court has made a ruling.

The prosecutor summoned a total of 20 people. In addition to Xie Dianlin's mother and son, there were also service office cadre Liu Nan and parliamentary cadre Huang Nan. A total of 5 people were detained. As for Chen Zhenfei, a candidate for mayor of Xihu Town from the Kuomintang, and 7 political figures surnamed Huang and Chen, they were released on bail of 30,000 to 100,000 yuan respectively, and the rest were asked to return.

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The case stemmed from a banquet held by the Changhua County Council on June 23 this year. It was suspected that the KMT speaker Xie Dianlin initiated the "treat a guest to a meal" election mode to arrange the election for his cousin, the KMT candidate for mayor of Xihu Town Chen Zhenfei. The Changhua District Prosecutor's Office summoned Xie Dianlin and his father Xie Xinlong yesterday. , and Chen Zhenfei and about 20 people from the parliamentary civil servants came to the case to explain that there were more than ten tables at the banquet, and most of the invited attendees were political figures in the Xihu area, but they had not yet registered for the election form at that time. After the election registration closed on the 4th of this month, many people present had the status of candidates, and the prosecutors launched an investigation.

Local rumors say that this dinner was hosted by Xie Dianlin, the Kuomintang's candidate for mayor of Xihu Town, and his cousin Chen Zhenfei's election. The local mayor of Xihu, representatives of the people, and farmers' association cadres were present. Wu Yinning, deputy chief executive of the Central Office of the Executive Yuan, questioned on July 1, "Did the dozen or so tables of food and drink cost Xie Dianlin's money, or the speaker's special expenses?" However, at the time, Xie Dianlin himself and the service office claimed that this was a purely local person's visit and exchange, and the meal expenses were paid by the service office; the county council emphasized that the meal did not use the parliamentary budget, the speaker's special expenses, or other official funds.

Congress gave an election dinner and prosecutors began investigating. (provided by the public)

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AI outlook — possibilities, not facts

  • The Changhua District Court will soon hear the bribery case against Xie Dianlin and others

    Likely · Within weeks

  • The Xihu mayor election will be affected by this case, and candidate Chen Zhenfei needs to deal with the election bribery controversy

    Very likely · Within days

Open Questions

  • Who pays for the meal?
  • Is there any direct evidence linking the dinner party to the election?
  • Will other politicians in attendance face legal action?

Related Topics

Changhua County Council
PeopleXie DianlinXie XinlongZheng RufenChen Zhenfei
OrganizationsChanghua District Prosecutor's OfficeBureau of InvestigationXie Dianlin Service Center
PlacesChanghua CountyXihu Town
TopicsXie DianlinXie XinlongZheng RufenChen ZhenfeiPlease have an election mealElection and dismissal method
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