Kinmen County Mayor Chen Fuhai went to Wudao Town God's Temple to offer incense and vowed to fight against election bribery, smearing and corruption.

(Photo by reporter Wu Zhengting)

[Reporter Wu Zhengting/Kinmen Report] KMT Kinmen County Mayor Yang Zhenwu’s campaign headquarters said today that the public reported that opponent Chen Fuhai used the symposium to send pastry cakes worth more than 100 yuan, which clearly violated the law on the removal of public officials. Reported.

The non-party Kinmen county magistrate candidate Chen Fuhai's campaign office stated that the accusations made by Yang Zhenwu's camp are groundless, and he will go to the local prosecutor's office tomorrow to sue the other party for false accusations.

Shi Zhaoyu, executive director of the Yang Zhenwu Campaign Headquarters, said that according to the information provided by the public, Chen Fuhai went to two communities in Jincheng Town on October 6 and November 10 to conduct discussion activities to seek public support. A box and a 270 yuan cake; there was another Jincheng Citizens Representative candidate Chen Ziyun at the scene.

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Shi Zhaoyu pointed out that Chen Fuhai and Chen Ziyun had criminal contact and shared behavior, and the campaign headquarters reported it together.

The Yang Zhenwu camp believes that during the election of public officials, anyone who intends to bribe the person with the right to vote, gives money or items worth more than 30 yuan, or entertains the person with the right to vote, etc., constitutes an act of bribery .

Regardless of whether it is "bribery" after the election or "bribery" before the election, it is an act of bribery, which involves the crime of delivering bribes in Article 99, Paragraph 1 of the Law on the Election and Recall of Public Officials.

Shi Zhaoyu also showed the meals for related activities in his own camp. It was a red bean dumpling for 15 yuan and an orange for 12 yuan. The total price was 27 yuan; the price was only the price of the other party. 1 out of 10.

As for being named inexplicably, Chen Ziyun said that she was attending a forum held by the Chen clan, and left after attending, and she did not buy cakes.

Chen Fuhai went to Wudao Town God's Temple early in the morning. Because of his filial piety, he knelt outside the temple and vowed to "anti-bribery, anti-smear, and anti-corruption."

The Chen Fuhai campaign office pointed out that during the elections of the Kinmen Chen Clan Association in previous years, it will hold political explanation sessions for villagers in various regions, and invite candidates to the scene to express their political opinions and talk about their ideas. They are not convened for individual candidates. Invited to attend the meeting to explain the concept of election.

The Chen camp said that it is deeply saddened by the Yang Zhenwu camp's abuse of judicial resources and indiscriminate campaign tactics, and hopes that the Yang camp will return to the path of positive elections.

The Supreme Prosecutor's Office of the Ministry of Justice issued a press release in October stating that the "Criminal Cases of Obstructing Elections" were related to the use of "propaganda attached to a single promotional material worth less than NT$30" and the provision of tea and meals for the people participating in election campaigns Does the person constitute election bribery?

The subject of bribery and payment should be considered on a case-by-case basis, whether there is subjective intention to offer bribes, and whether objectively it is sufficient to shake or affect the voting willingness of the person with voting rights, and the prosecutor should comprehensively study and judge after collecting relevant evidence.