According to Global Network , citing reports from the island media, on October 20, the Chiayi District Prosecutor's Office and the Central Crime Centre seized a suspected bribery case of Chiayi City Council candidates, and bought tickets through piles with NT$21,000. The police searched the election headquarters of a specific parliamentary candidate, and summoned more than 10 people including piles and voters to be arrested. The relevant case is being interrogated by the police, and the entire case is being investigated.
According to the relevant details currently released by the media on the island, after receiving the relevant reports, the Chiayi District Procuratorate immediately informed the Chiayi Municipal Investigation Department, the Central Crime Center of the Criminal Bureau, the Chiayi Police Bureau and the First Branch and other special task force teams. They divided their troops to search for the candidate election headquarters in the West District of Chiayi City, seized suspicious rosters, cash and other physical evidence, and summoned more than 10 people including pile feet and voters to be arrested.
But no further details were given in regards to further details, including the name of the voter and the party to which they belong. It is estimated that only after the case is completely solved will the complete bribery case surface.
This is really interesting. There was a bribery election in the election, and it was a vote of NT$1,000. But it is not surprising to be reported. Because elections are a very big competition, "know yourself and your enemy, and you will never be defeated in a hundred battles." In order to win the election, opponents will definitely keep a close eye on the other party's election, so it is normal for bribery to be discovered and reported.
In fact, this is not the first time that a bribery has occurred on Taiwan’s island. In 2019, the mayor of Zhudong Town, Hsinchu County, Luo Jixiang was sentenced for suspected bribery in in 2018. The Hsinchu County Government then appointed his wife Zhang Shunpeng as acting mayor; in September this year, the Changhua District Prosecutor's Office on the island seized two village chiefs, surnamed Liu and Huang, from a certain villager in Yuanlin City, with the amount involved NT$500 per vote.
It is worth noting that the DPP has also been involved in the bribery. During the 2006 "nine-in-one" election on the island, the Kuomintang's Huang Junying and the Democratic Progressive Party's Chen Ju competed for the position of mayor of Kaohsiung . According to polls at that time, Huang Junying was basically higher than Chen Ju, and the possibility of taking over Kaohsiung City is very high. But the day before the election, Chen Ju's camp suddenly held a press conference to "catch the election bribery" to smear Huang Junying. The time was very rushed at that time and it was too late to verify it. So when the news came out, Kaohsiung voters immediately wavered, and Chen Ju won the election with a slight advantage. But afterwards, the DPP's smear against Huang Junying never produced strong evidence.
And on October 20, in the island's legislative department, the major camps launched another question on whether the mobilization of tour buses is considered bribery. According to the island's media, it is common for large-scale elections on the island to mobilize the masses to participate in the sporting yard. Bentos and snacks will be distributed on the sport, and some will also come with a tourist itinerary, which will increase the incentive, which has caused controversy.
Li Jinyong, the head of the "Zhongsheng Election Association" on the island, and Cai Bizhong, the deputy head of the legal department, both attended the inquiry meeting. At the meeting, Cai Bizhong said that various types of cases occur every day, and this time the bribery investigation is very strict and active. However, as soon as the bribery case of Chiayi's parliamentarians was released, Cai Bizhong is expected to be very embarrassed.
Previously, some media on the island commented that this "nine-in-one" election was the most lively and intense election battle in Taiwan's election history. At the end of September this year, the candidate for the Kuomintang Changhua County Magistrate magistrate Wang Huimei was almost attacked while attending an event; in October this year, a candidate for the candidate for the village chief of New Taipei City was beaten and threatened by two masked men while riding a bicycle home. This is a naked violent election.
In addition, gossip elections also spread throughout the island, and the most typical figure is Zhou Yuko . In order to suppress Jiang Wan'an and support Chen Shizhong, she actually mentioned the Chen Nian scandal of Jiang Wan'an's father Jiang Xiaoyan, and then dig deep into Jiang Xiaoyan's life experience. Later, Zhou Yukou revealed that she had been "flirted" by Ke Wen-je and was ridiculed by Ke Wen-je.
I have to say that this island election is indeed lively, with violent elections, gossip elections, and bribery elections one by one. No wonder the media on the island have such comments.
