Hsinchu mayor-elect Gao Hongan of the People's Party was investigated and interviewed for corruption. The media reported that Gao ate vegetarian bento during his interview. Gao Hongan (right) was interviewed today and resumed the conversation that day.

(Photo by reporter Liao Xueru)

[Reporter Liao Xueru/Hsinchu Report] Gao Hongan, the mayor-elect of the People’s Party of Hsinchu, was involved in embezzlement of 600,000 yuan for bail. The media reported that Gao ate vegetarian bento when he was interviewed. Gao Hongan was interviewed today and restored the conversation that day. I eat spicy food, so it’s safest to order a vegetarian bento. I didn’t expect this to be magnified and interpreted, “I feel a little innocent!”

Gao Hongan went to the Hsinchu County Council and the county government this morning, and called on the chairman Zhang Zhenrong and the county magistrate Yang Wenke.

Eat a vegetarian meal during the interrogation for media inquiries after the meeting?

Gao Hongan said, "I find this incident a bit baffling. In the interrogation room that day, there were only me, the lawyer, and the investigator. It will also be misinterpreted by the outside world.”

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Gao Hongan said that the situation that day was very simple, that is, the investigator asked me, "What kind of bento do you want to eat, is there anything you don't eat?" I said I don't eat cows, and the investigator asked me again, "Is there anything you don't want to eat? "I just want to say that I don't eat spicy food, or else it's simpler, vegetarianism must be the safest, so I just say I'm vegetarian.

Gao Hongan said, I don’t know why a conversation about ordering lunch boxes during the investigation can be magnified and interpreted by everyone in this way, “I still hope that the investigation will not be made public. After all, there is its spirit, which is to prevent our prosecutors from being disturbed, or Let everyone involved in the case not have a wrong interpretation of the case, so I hope this part will return to the normal investigation process.”