Source: Global Network
[ Global Network report] According to Taiwan's China Times News Network on October 11, Lin Yiwei, a city council candidate in the Fifth Constituency of Taichung City ( Tanzi District , Daya District , Shengang District) was seized by the police for drunk driving on September 12 this year, and then announced his withdrawal from the DPP at the same time. The Taichung District Court held that Lin Zeng was suspended by the prosecution in 2020. After the prosecution expired, he drove drunk again and sentenced him to 4 months in prison for fixed-term and can be appealed.
reported that Lin Yiwei belongs to the New Trends Department of the DPP and was once an assistant to Cai Qichang, the "Deputy President of the Legislative Yuan" of Taiwan and the mayor of Taichung . At around 11 p.m. on September 12, Lin Yiwei drove past the intersection of Liming Road and Zhongke Road in Xitun District, Taichung City. He was stopped by the police for illegally crossing the stop line.
The police smelled the strong smell of alcohol on his body while checking. They performed an exhaled alcohol test on the spot, which showed that the alcohol test value had exceeded the standard. The police arrested him and transferred him to justice for public danger crimes. After the news spread, Cai Qichang once said in an interview that Lin Yiwei's drunk driving is unforgivable and called on him to "know what to advance and retreat." Subsequently, Lin Yiwei publicly announced his withdrawal from the election and his withdrawal from the Democratic Progressive Party online.
reported that the Taichung District Court's verdict was released. The judge believed that Lin Yiwei had suspended the prosecution in 2020 for public dangerous cases of drunk driving. He was not vigilant and drove drunk again after the prosecution expired. He ignored the "Traffic Safety Law" and public road safety, and was lucky. He was sentenced to 4 months in prison and could be fined by Yike (that is, the method of paying money instead of the original declared sentence).
Taiwan's United Daily News previously reported that Lin Yiwei was the first candidate to withdraw from the election due to drunk driving this year. Because he had completed the election registration, the "Election Committee" was unable to handle the withdrawal and could only "compete but not elect".
