By Sean Lin / Staff reporterAny party receiving funding from an external force in an attempt to influence elections should be “ruthlessly beat down,” Premier Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) said yesterday, after prosecutors seized NT$618 million (US$20.3 million) in underground cash transfers. The purpose of elections is to elect capable people, so government agencies must enforce the law and prevent vote-buying or other type of election rigging, Su told a weekly Cabinet meeting. Prosecutors have seized NT$618 million and six properties valued at about NT$20 million, the ministry said. As of Monday last week, police had handled 78 cases involving the spread of disinformation concerning the elections, it said. To ensure a smooth voting process in next month’s elections and alleviate crowding at polling stations, the commission said that it would add 1,340 polling stations, increasing the total to 17,226.
