Tainan Indictment

Описание: Tainan prosecutors have handed down indictments against eight people for seeking to buy votes in the elections for the top positions in the Tainan City Council. Among those charged were the election winners, speaker Lee Chuan-chiao and deputy speaker Kuo Hsiu-chu. Lee was freed from custody Thursday evening on NT$15 million bail. In their indictments, prosecutors say Lee and Kuo used six middlemen to offer six city councilors between NT$300,000 and NT$10 million for their votes in the elections. Prosecutors will continue to investigate whether vote-buying deals were made and money was handed over.