Zhong Dongjin, the mayor-elect of Miaoli County, together with Fu Songlin, who is running for the mayor of Dahu Township, and Rao Siqi, a lawyer, held a press conference on "Rejecting Judicial Persecution".

(Photo by reporter Peng Jianli)

[Reporter Peng Jianli/Miaoli Report] Miaoli County Magistrate-elect Zhong Dongjin today (21) and his partner Fu Songlin, who is running for Dahu Township Mayor, and lawyer Rao Siqi, held a press conference on "Rejecting Judicial Persecution" and reiterated their objection to the Miaoli District Prosecutor's Office In the absence of any evidence, I feel very sorry and sad to sue Zhong for invalid election, and once again confirms that the prosecution unit has become a tool for specific people or political parties, completely losing the independence that the judiciary should have. Hold prosecutors accountable for abuse of power.

Fu Songlin said that because he decided to run late and was not well-known enough, he adopted the method of establishing a joint campaign with Zhong Dongjin to boost momentum. The headquarters of the Great Lakes joint campaign was established by him. Originally, the Dahu District Farmers Association was invited Chairman Liu Xingzheng served as the chairman, but because Liu also wanted to assist in the election of Taian Township, and he was busy with work, he declined. Later, he appointed Chen Nan, but Chen Nan was actually busy, so he did not participate in the actual operation process. Lectures, momentum and other activities.

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Zhong Dongjin said that during his election campaign, he signed the joint letter of "Integrity and Participation in Politics", and he also asked the cadres of the campaign team not to buy tickets on behalf of the watch and the village head, so as not to cause misunderstandings.

As Fu said, he is not familiar with Chen and has no contact channels. He has no actual contacts during the election period. Chen also did not participate in relevant meetings of his own campaign headquarters, and it is impossible for him to have the so-called criminal contact of joint election bribery.

Zhong Dongjin said that especially in Dahu Township, he has been working hand in hand with the late county councilor Xu Qinhong for a long time. He won 51.48% of the votes in Dahu Township. When it comes to money issues, this is also evidenced by LINE group communication.

He has confidence in this lawsuit, and he also upholds the belief of clean governance to govern the county government like the villagers' report meeting.

Rao Siqi said that the Miaoli District Prosecutor’s Office has never investigated Zhong Dongjin in this election bribery case, saying that Zhong Dongjin has nothing to do with this case. The prosecution also answered that Zhong Dongjin was not involved in the previous press conference when asked by the media. Participation, there have been inconsistencies.

What's more, Zhong Dongjin and the three defendants who were criminally prosecuted by the prosecution did not know each other at all, and they were not familiar with each other. The prosecution could find out in the relevant investigation, but deliberately did not say anything.

Rao Siqi also cited the Taichung Higher Branch Court’s judgment, pointing out that the so-called joint campaign headquarters is a partnership between a candidate from a large constituency and a local candidate, such as the president and a legislator, the county mayor and a county or city councilor or a township mayor, etc., jointly sweeping the streets Voting for votes to build momentum and promote each other's election results, but it cannot be said that one of the candidates may be involved in bribery, and the other candidate who is jointly competing for the general election will constitute a joint participation in the implementation.

In addition, Rao Siqi said that during the case, the lawyer team will read all the criminal case files from the court, study them carefully, and compare them. If it is found that the content of the recording is inconsistent with that of the transcript, involving forged documents, the lawyer team will also collect information and file a criminal complaint against the person who made the false transcript.

If the prosecution has threatened or lured, this behavior will also be referred to the Prosecutor Evaluation Committee for consideration.

Miaoli County Magistrate-elect Zhong Dongjin (middle) and his partner Fu Songlin (left) who is running for Dahu Township Mayor, and lawyer Rao Siqi (right) held a press conference on "Rejecting Judicial Persecution".

(Photo by reporter Peng Jianli)