Miaoli County Magistrate-elect Zhong Dongjin.

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[Reporter Qian Lizhong/Taipei Report] After the election, the Supreme Prosecutor's Office instructed local prosecutors' offices to lock down election-related cases involving bribery and other obstruction of elections within a 30-day period, and file a civil lawsuit against the relevant elected candidates for invalid election; as of today 181 cases have been filed by procuratorates in various places, and a total of 188 elected persons have been sued for invalid election. The prosecutor's office filed a lawsuit of invalid election.

Zhong Dongjin once said that he was "very uncomfortable" for being sued by the Miaojian for invalid election. For this, Zhong angrily criticized the Miaojian for "judicial service for politics", and emphasized that the Chen who was prosecuted by the Miaojian this time Male, although he was named as the chairman of the joint campaign headquarters, Chen had no contact with Zhong Dongjin, and Chen had made it clear during the investigation that he did not help Zhong Dongjin buy tickets, emphasizing that it was impossible to buy tickets for the county magistrate election. The prosecution did not believe it.

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Miao Jian responded to Zhong’s question. Regarding the lawsuit of invalid election in civil litigation, the prosecution filed the lawsuit of invalid election based on sufficient evidence based on the Local Public Official Election and Recall Law and the judgment of relevant courts such as the High Court. No violation of law or abuse of power.

As for the list of county and city councilors who have been sued for invalid election, a total of 6 municipal councilors have been sued for invalid election, namely Taipei City Xinke Councilor Lin Xinger; New Taipei City Councilor-elect Cai Shujun and Huang Junzhe; Tainan City Councilor Elected Cai Suqiujin and Shi Yuxingwang; elected Kaohsiung City Councilor Huang Tianhuang.

Among the elected county and city councilors who are not municipalities directly under the Central Government, 22 people have been successively filed by the local prosecutors' offices to invalidate their elections.