The 81-year-old man surnamed Wang (right) took the referendum out of the polling station, and the police sent him for violating the referendum law.

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[Reporter Wang Junzhong/Tainan Report] At the 1268 polling station in Guanghua High School, East District, Tainan City, an 81-year-old man surnamed Wang was suspected of taking the public ballot out of the polling station when he went to vote at 8:00 this morning. Report to the police and submit to the referendum law.

The Nanshi Police No. 1 Sub-bureau stated that taking the referendum out of the polling station violated the referendum law and was punishable by imprisonment for up to one year.

It is understood that the old man surnamed Wang told the police that he had cast 3 ballots, but because it was the first time to cast a referendum, he did not know what to vote for in the referendum, so he accidentally took the referendum out.

After questioning, the police learned that Wang Weng's children were all abroad. He was an elderly man who lived alone and could read. He rolled up the referendum ballot in his hand and took it out of the polling station.