Nantou County Councilor Zeng Zhenyan was suspected of buying votes and bribing voters, and was prosecuted by the Nantou District Prosecutor's Office and sued for invalid election.

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[Reporter Xie Jieyu/Nantou Report] Nantou County Councilor Zeng Zhenyan was suspected of buying votes and bribery in the current county councilor election. This evening, the Nantou District Prosecutor’s Office concluded the case of voting bribery in accordance with the law against the election and recall of public officials. , after he was prosecuted, he also filed an invalidation lawsuit with the Nantou District Court. He was also the first county councilor-elect in the county to be invalidated.

According to the investigation, Zeng Zhenyan, who is seeking re-election, is a member of the KMT, but this time he ran as a non-party member. In this case, including Zeng himself, a total of 12 people were punished. If Fang filed a lawsuit of invalid election, can he complete his term of office or be dismissed early?

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The indictment pointed out that in October this year, the defendant Zeng Zhenyan bribed 8 voters, including Lin, who had the right to vote, at a price of 500 yuan per vote by himself or through Zhuangjiao. He received 250,000 yuan on bail, and the investigation was concluded today. Three people surnamed Xu and others were also prosecuted by the prosecution like Zeng Zhenyan. As for the eight voters, they all received deferred prosecution because they had a good attitude after committing the crime and returned the proceeds of crime. punishment.

The Nantou District Prosecutor's Office stated that the Nantou County Election Committee had announced the list of candidates on December 2, so the 30-day legal deadline for the prosecution to file a lawsuit to invalidate the election will also expire on New Year's Day next year. There are more than 360 cases in total, including 15 and 5 cases of "selection" and 137 cases of "selection". Therefore, in addition to the prosecution of Zeng Zhenyan and others, the investigation will also be accelerated in order to catch the other elected persons involved in the case within the deadline. File a lawsuit of invalid election to maintain the fairness of the election.