Democratic Progressive Party county mayor candidate Jiang Congyuan broke the news at a political opinion conference yesterday, alleging that employees of the Health Bureau of the Yilan County government were suspected of embezzling public property and selling tens of millions of yuan.

(Photo by reporter Cai Yunrong)

[Reporters Cai Yunrong and You Mingjin/Reported by Yilan] DPP county magistrate candidate Jiang Congyuan threw a shock bomb at a public TV political opinion conference yesterday, accusing the employees of the Yilan County Government Health Bureau of suspected of using the central government to take care of the infected people. Convenience stores purchased budgets for gifts, used them to buy gift certificates, and then sold them for embezzlement, amounting to tens of millions of yuan. Lin Zimiao, the county magistrate of the Kuomintang, who is fighting for re-election, responded that the county government took the initiative to send the case to the prosecution, and severely punished any violations.

The Health Bureau stated that the employees involved in the case would be brought to surrender if they found that the procurement was abnormal, but the case has nothing to do with the payment of epidemic prevention allowances.

Lin Zimiao: If I have been sent to inspection and investigation, I will strictly deal with violations

Lin Zimiao was prosecuted in four major cases including corruption. Jiang Congyuan broke the case as soon as he took part in the political opinion conference yesterday. He questioned why the things that the central government wants to give to the people go to private pockets?

Is this a great irony for clean government and politics?

Will it become the second case where the county government has been prosecuted for corruption?

Lin Zimiao, please explain clearly.

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After the meeting, Jiang Congyuan was interviewed and said that no matter whether the county government voluntarily or passively transferred, it must be clearly explained, why did this happen?

It is not a trivial matter that an employee can convert nearly 10 million yuan of anti-epidemic materials into cash and put them in his private pockets.

Lin Zimiao said in her speech that the county government has already taken the initiative to send the case to the Health Bureau for investigation and investigation, and it will be administered according to the law, and any violations will be dealt with strictly.

Interviewed by the media after the political opinion meeting, Lin Zimiao attempted to change the subject of Jiang Congyuan's questioning of management issues, but after questioning, she said, "Our county government team is very serious."

The Yilan County Health Bureau confirmed that a temporary employee was in charge of purchasing gift certificates to encourage patients to correctly accept disease treatment-related programs. Taking advantage of his position, he privately purchased more gift certificates and exchanged them for cash to fill his personal financial gap, and then paid with his own money. The amount paid to the manufacturer was initially estimated at tens of millions of yuan.