According to the Taiwan Strait official account, Taiwan People's Party Hsinchu mayor elected Gao Hongan was accused of "fraudulently receiving assistant fees" while serving as a public opinion representative. The Taipei prosecutor and investigation unit searched Gao Hongan's office and residence on the 15th, and took away Gao Hongan and his boyfriend Li Zhongting, office director Chen Huanyu, assistant Wang Yuwen and other personnel involved in the case and interrogated them overnight. In the early morning of the 16th, the prosecutor changed Gao Hongan to the defendant "corruption crime" and granted NT$600,000 to hand over bail.
In the previous Hsinchu mayoral election campaign, Gao Hongan, a representative of the People's Party, was elected with a vote of 45%, but is now listed as a "corrupt defendant" by the prosecution. December 25 is the day when the mayor of Hsinchu was sworn in. It is still unknown whether Gao Hongan will face mandatory punishments such as detention in the future. Whether she can be sworn in successfully, and whether the DPP authorities are using judicial suppression of dissidents on the island have sparked heated discussions. Once Gao Hongan is unable to take the oath of office within the deadline, the mayor of Hsinchu will have a by-election.
People's Party's public opinion representative Qiu Chenyuan said on the 16th that the case has received high attention from the society on the island and is involved in a high degree of political nature, and the prosecution and investigation should not "manage the case." He questioned that the DPP’s “nine-in-one” election was defeated by , and the public’s distrust of public opinion on the Taiwan administrative team hit a new high, but the administrative team has not resigned so far. It is hard to help but wonder whether it wants to divert the focus through Gao Hongan’s judicial case.
Taiwan's China Times published an article pointing out that Gao Hongan was accused of "fraudulent assistant fees" by the DPP before the election. The prosecutor and the prosecution and interrogation took action quickly before Gao Hongan took office. Compared with other DPP personnel, there was no following for a long time. Whether Gao Hongan's case is selectively handled can inevitably make the outside world question whether it has political purposes. If the DPP authorities use judicial means to suppress dissidents and confiscate the election results and reject the people's choices, such a rough pursuit will only trigger more public grievances.
