Hsinchu County Councilor Chen Demu, a KMT member, was involved in election bribery. The Hsinchu District Court declared his election invalid yesterday.

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Hukou Township Representative Luo Ruizhu's Election Involved in Buying Tickets

[Reporter Liao Xueru/Hsinchu Report] Hsinchu County Councilor Chen Demu from the Kuomintang and Hukou Township Representative Luo Ruizhu were involved in the election bribery case. The Hsinchu District Prosecutor’s Office filed a lawsuit to invalidate the election. The Hsinchu District Court declared that both Chen and Luo were invalid. For the criminal part, Chen Demu was sentenced to three years and eight months in prison at the beginning of this year; in this regard, both Chen Demu and Luo Ruizhu said in interviews that they would consider whether to appeal after receiving the verdict.

The vacancies will be filled in order of the number of votes received

The Hsinchu County Election Commission stated that according to Article 74 of the "Public Official Election and Recall Law", the invalid judgment of the election is determined, and the vacancies will be filled by the losers in the order of the number of votes.

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The Hsinchu District Prosecutor’s Office stated that the Hsinchu County Police and the investigation station jointly investigated the case of Chen Demu, the elected member of the Hukou Township Councilor in Hsinchu County, under the command of prosecutor Zhang Xinyin. The case was searched, interrogated, and petitioned for custody After being approved, a public prosecution was filed on the 23rd of the same month. Due to the complete collection of evidence in the case, Chen was transferred to trial and continued to be detained. moon.

Prosecutors pointed out that the case of Hukou villager representative Luo Ruizhu and others buying tickets in cash did not come to specific information until after the polling day. However, prosecutor Huang Jiahui commanded the Hsinchu County Investigation Station and the Xinhu Police Branch to actively investigate. On December 15 last year The arraignment was executed on the 21st of the same month, and a public prosecution was concluded on the 21st of the same month. The criminal part is currently under trial by the Hsinchu District Court.

Chief Prosecutor Zhang Jieqin emphasized that vote bribers will not only face severe penalties from the state, but also will not enjoy the results of the election. The District Prosecutor's Office will continue to defend "fair elections and eliminate lawlessness", and also calls on the people of the country to create a fair, just and clean election environment .