Penghu County Speaker Liu Chen Zhaoling completed the historical record of the speaker's sixth consecutive reign.

(Photo by reporter Liu Yuqing)

[Reporter Liu Yuqing/Penghu Report] Penghu County Speaker Liu Chen Zhaoling, who has been in power for six consecutive years, has always been regarded by the outside world as the Mazu of Penghu politics. And the reasons for the detention. The whole case is related to the previously reported bribery and personnel transfer, and the illegal construction of the barbecue business. They were detained because they refused to confess their crimes.

The Penghu District Prosecutor's Office stated that the speaker Liu Chen Zhaoling, the confidential secretary Chen Shumei, and the speaker's close friend Sun Chunmei were suspected of accepting bribes for their official duties, and they were involved in Article 5, Item 1, Item 3 of the Crime of Corruption. The crime of accepting bribes; the defendant Liu Chen Zhaoling is also suspected of profiting from specific illegal buildings, so that the operators can keep the benefits of uninterrupted water and electricity, and is involved in the crime of Article 6, Item 1, Subparagraph 4 of the Crimes of Corruption Act. All crimes are serious.

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As far as we know, it was written in the report letter to intervene in the appointment of temporary personnel of the Vehicle Management Office and the Huxi Fire Brigade, and there was evidence of bribery. In order to keep water and electricity cut off and continue to operate for profit, it was reported that a joint venture offered millions of yuan in bribes, all of which were obtained by ICAC operatives who conducted cross-sea investigations.

Since some of the persons involved in the case have confessed to the circumstances of the crime, but the speaker Liu Chen Zhaoling and other three people refused to admit it, so the judges of the Penghu District Court interrogated the defendants and the three people respectively, and after reviewing the relevant evidence presented by the prosecutor, they believed that Liu Chen Zhaoling, The reasons and necessity of Chen Shumei were ruled to allow her to be detained, and she was prohibited from receiving correspondence and receiving objects.

As for the defendant Sun Chunmei, she believed that there was no need for detention, and she paid NT$200,000 on bail, and provided related alternatives to detention such as restriction of residence and departure from the country.