Former Taoyuan City Councilor Wu Zongxian lost his re-election campaign and was accused of bribery. The prosecution launched a search and interview and once lost contact.

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[Reporter Yu Ruiren/Taoyuan Report] After Wu Zongxian, a former member of the Democratic Progressive Party, lost his bid for re-election in Guanyin District, Taoyuan City, he was accused of buying votes from voters for 1,000 to 2,000 yuan per vote through the village chief candidate, Zhuangjiao and others. The Taoyuan District Prosecutor’s Office commanded the New Taipei City Mediation Office and the Taoyuan City Mediation Office to launch a search and interview on January 12, but Wu Zongxian lost contact before he arrived at the case; the prosecution issued a warrant afterwards, Wu Zongxian did not arrive at the case until yesterday, and today after being interrogated by the prosecutor In the early morning, Wu Sheng was asked to be detained and banned from seeing; when the Taoyuan District Court held a detention court trial this evening, Wu denied buying the ticket, and claimed that it was an assistant's personal behavior. Because of the conflict with other witnesses' confessions, and there was a case of evading judicial procedures, the judge will be judged at 8 o'clock tonight. 30 minutes ruled that Wu should be detained and banned from meeting and correspondence.

The prosecution launched a search interview on January 12 and brought back nearly 10 people for interrogation. After the interrogation that night, they charged the court to detain the village chief candidate Xu and Zhuangjiao Wu. 10,000 to 20,000 yuan are guaranteed or returned.

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Because Wu had been out of contact for a long time, he did not come to the case until yesterday and was charged. After the trial, the judge believed that Wu had evaded judicial procedures, and he denied committing the crime during the trial. His statement did not match the statements of other witnesses, which is enough to confirm that he was an accomplice or witness If possible, there are reasons and necessity for detention, it is ruled that the person should be detained and interviews and correspondence are prohibited.