According to Taiwanese media reports, Yilan County Mayor Lin Zimiao was prosecuted for corruption. The campaign against DPP Yilan County Mayor candidate Jiang Congyuan was the first time in the history of Yilan County autonomy, and it was a great shame and humiliation for Yilan. The Democratic Progressive Party's parliamentary group criticized Lin Zhimiao for being unworthy of Yilan and demanded her immediate withdrawal from the election.
Jiang Congyuan said that during the anti-corruption investigation, Lin Zhimiao hid behind the non-disclosure of the investigation, and now used political and judicial persecution as a shield, unwilling to speak clearly to the outside world. She was prosecuted yesterday, which proved that avoidance cannot solve the problem. Lin Zhimiao was asked to accept judicial examination.
Jiang Congyuan said that integrity is the minimum standard for politics. The charges against Lin Zhimiao include corruption, forged documents , special money laundering, and unknown sources of property. They are all public affairs for personal gain. Her family also directed the county supervisor to seek unity among her family, relatives and friends. It is unforgivable to have one's own interests at all times.
Jiang reiterated that at the beginning of his candidacy, he declared to the people of the county that he would never speculate in land, never be linked to consortiums, never accept red envelopes, never receive kickbacks, and his family would never interfere in politics. He hoped to gain support from the folks and brighten up Yilan. A sign of honest and capable politics in the county.
Chen Junyu, the general convenor of the Democratic Progressive Party's Yilan County Assembly caucus, and other caucus members also held up placards yesterday and shouted that Lin Zimiao was ashamed of Yilan and should withdraw immediately. Chen Junyu said that the content of the indictment revealed the vicious behavior of Lin Zhimiao and her family members in corruption and perversion of the law, which is jaw-dropping. Councilors Liu Tianwu and Lin Li said that Lin Zimiao's daughter Lin Yiling has long been banned from the underground county magistrate; Chen Wenchang criticized Lin Zimiao for causing trouble to colleagues in the county government and insulting the people of Yilan County, and should resign and withdraw from the election.
People's Party candidate for Yilan County Magistrate Chen Wanhui held a press conference yesterday, calling on Lin Zimiao to resign from the post of County Magistrate and promise not to be re-elected. Chen Wanhui also promised that if she is elected as county magistrate in the future, she will definitely draw a clear line with the land speculators. If the source of the property is unclear, she will directly quit politics.
