Zhou Chunmi and her husband Qiu Minghong.

(Provided by Zhou Chunmi)

[Reporter Cai Zongxian/Pingtung Report] The Kuomintang Pingtung County Mayor candidate Su Qingquan lost to the Democratic Progressive Party Zhou Chunmi by more than 10,000 votes. The votes were counted, but the request for evidence preservation was rejected by the judge of the Ping Court. Therefore, Su Qingquan filed a protest with the Kaohsiung Higher Branch, because some media mentioned that Zhou Chunmi’s husband, Qiu Minghong, was the chief administrative division and spokesperson of the Kaohsiung Higher Branch. Today I declare that "Su's case is avoided."

People in the green camp believe that due to the diversion of civil and criminal cases in recent years, the court usually has a spokesperson for civil and criminal cases. Since Qiu Minghong belongs to the criminal court, he will not hear civil election litigation cases. However, many media deliberately use the headline With the trend, even omitting the different details of the Civil Court, intending to create the impression of judicial injustice, many people in the legal circle privately believe that the method is "rough".

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In order to stop the turmoil, Qiu Minghong issued a statement saying, "I have been a judge of the criminal division of the Kaohsiung Higher Branch Court since 1995. Since the end of August 2017, I have served as the chief judge of the criminal division of this court. At the end of June this year, I have also served as an administrative judge. President. Therefore, my spouse, Zhou Chunmi, is running for Pingtung county magistrate this time. After the voting is over, another county magistrate candidate, Dr. Su Qingquan, filed a related election dispute lawsuit within the jurisdiction of this court. Now and in the future, it may be After the protest or appeal, it was heard in this court. In order to avoid unnecessary doubts of ordinary people, I therefore asked the president of this court to resign as the chief administrative division on December 1, but the president did not agree. Resigned again on the 2nd, and waited for the consent of the dean. I also emphasize here that if the election lawsuits related to the Soviet candidates are assigned to me in the future, I will immediately avoid the trial. Please rest assured that the Soviet candidates and their supporters .”