Taipei Times
Date: Nov 03, 2018
By: Jason Pan  /  Staff reporter

An investigation was launched yesterday into alleged vote-buying activities by New Taipei City Councilor Wang Ming-li (王明麗) of the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT), while two borough warden candidates in Hualien County were arrested after reports of rule violations ahead of the nine-in-one elections on Nov. 24.

Prosecutors directed police and investigators to search offices linked to Wang’s campaign, while Wang and 11 others were detained over allegations that the campaign team handed out tea and other gifts in New Taipei City’s Sansia District (三峽).

Locals said that members of the campaign team, including Wang, gave out packages containing tea, vases and a vest bearing the candidate’s name to local borough wardens and officials of farmers’ associations.

Wang, her campaign manager, surnamed Lan (藍), and people who allegedly received the packages were questioned by New Taipei City prosecutors yesterda    [FULL  STORY]