Cao Qianshun, the former mayor of Toucheng Township, Yilan County, was accused of accepting bribes totaling 3.9 million yuan in three cases. The high court found that the circumstances were serious in the second instance, not sympathetic, and did not comply with the commutation provisions. He is still sentenced to 6 years and 6 months in prison and deprived of public rights 4 year.

Appealable.

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[Reporter Yang Guowen/Taipei Report] Cao Qianshun, the former mayor of Toucheng Township, Yilan County, was accused of taking advantage of the opportunity to handle the purchase of LED street lights in Toucheng Township. The three cases received a total of 3.9 million yuan in bribes. In June 6, 4 years of deprivation of public rights, Cao Ganshun refused to accept the judgment and filed an appeal, advocating that he pleaded guilty from the beginning of the investigation and returned all the proceeds of crime, and asked for a commutation of the sentence in accordance with Article 59 of the Criminal Law. However, the High Court found that Cao Qianshun's three crimes of accepting bribes were not minor, not sympathetic, and did not comply with the provisions for commutation. He is still sentenced to 6 years and 6 months in prison and deprived of public rights for 4 years.

Appealable.

After Cao Qianshun was found guilty by the New Taipei District Court, he was suspended in January this year.

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The prosecution accused Cao Qianshun of being the mayor of Toucheng Township, Yilan County from 2017 to 2018. A bribe of 3 million yuan made the manufacturer win the bid, and he received 3 million yuan in bribes.

In addition, when Cao Qianshun served as the mayor of Toucheng Township in 2015, he used the opportunity of the town to handle the contract for the public selection of education and protection personnel, ordered the employment of personnel with the surname Lin and accepted a cash bribe of 400,000 yuan from Lin's father.

In the same year, Cao Qianshun took advantage of the town's open selection of cleaning team members, appointed people with the surname Lin and accepted 500,000 yuan in bribes from Lin's father.

The New Taipei District Court held that Cao Qianshun seriously damaged the image of civil servants’ integrity, and made the people lose their trust in the impartial law enforcement of the state’s public agencies, and weakened the prestige of the execution of public power. Considering that he has admitted all crimes since the investigation, and has voluntarily confiscated all his crimes. He also regretted the bribes he accepted, and he was sentenced to 6 years and 6 months in prison and deprived of public rights for 4 years.

Cao Qianshun believes that he has pleaded guilty since the investigation and returned all the proceeds of crime. The first trial sentence was too severe, so he filed an appeal, requesting a commutation of sentence in accordance with the provisions of Article 59 of the Criminal Law, "Forgiveness and Mercy".

The high court held that Cao Qianshun accepted bribes in the three cases of handling the procurement case and employing personnel, and the circumstances of each crime were not minor, and there was no circumstance stipulated in Article 59 of the Criminal Law, "Forgiveness and Mercy", so the sentence should not be reduced , is still sentenced to 6 years and 6 months in prison, and deprived of public rights for 4 years.