Lin Shijie, chairman of the Fishermen's Association in Tainan City, was detained by the South Court late at night on the 7th.

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[Reporter Wang Jie/Tainan Report] New news came out late today (7th) in the case of bribery in the election of Tainan Speaker and Deputy Speaker. Lin Shijie, a key figure, was ordered to be detained by the Tainan District Court, becoming the third person detained in the whole case.

The South Court held that Lin Shijie did not appear in court to explain the reason, which was inconsistent with the reason given by his daughter and Xinke MP Lin Yiting for "lost contact while climbing the mountain", and there was a possibility of fleeing, so it ruled to detain him.

Previously, Guo Zaiqin, a former executive member of the Democratic Progressive Party, and Huang Yiping, a "close friend" of Li Wenjun, a former deputy speaker of the KMT, were detained and banned from seeing each other.

Lin Shijie, chairman of the Fishermen's Association in Tainan City, was accused of inviting KMT member Fang Yifeng into the car to "discuss" the election of the speaker before the speaker election on December 22, but he denied intimidation.

On January 3, during the first wave of investigations, Lin Shijie disappeared. His daughter, Xin Ke MP Lin Yiting, claimed to the media that Lin Shijie had gone climbing a mountain.

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The South Inspection Bureau appealed to Lin Shijie to make a face-to-face explanation but failed, formally issued a warrant for arrest, and entered the arrest and arrest procedure.

It is understood that three days after the incident, the prosecutors "chased up the mountain" to arrest people. Lin Shijie saw that the investigators expressed their desire to "surrender" and asked a lawyer to accompany him to the Southern Procuratorate.

Before the detention ruling came out, some prosecutors said privately that Lin Shijie's behavior of "climbing the mountain", regardless of whether he had a plan in advance, would give the court a reason to believe that he had evidence of escape, so the detention may be very serious.

Sure enough, at around 11 o'clock in the middle of the night today, Lin Shijie was ruled to be detained, which also boosted the morale of the investigation and investigation team.

It is rumored that there is an "iron triangle" in the case of bribery of the chairman and deputy speaker. It consists of Guo Zaiqin, Yang Zhiqiang, the former honorary advisor of the Non-Party Alliance, and Lin Shijie. Two of the three have been detained and banned from seeing each other.

Although Yang Zhiqiang was found to have 8 million yuan in his cold storage bag before, due to insufficient evidence involved in the case, the South Court ruled that he should be returned without bail.

In addition, the Southern Court also arrested and charged Lin Wenjun and non-party member Huang Lizhao in court early this morning. The Southern Court said that there will be no interrogation tonight, and the court date will be determined tomorrow.