2022 Elections: KMT commissioner accused of vote-buyingBy Jason Pan / Staff reporterDemocratic Progressive Party (DPP) Nantou County councilor candidate Tseng Tsung-kai (曾琮愷) on Tuesday filed a judicial complaint against Nantou County Commissioner Lin Ming-chen (林明溱) of the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) for allegedly trying to buy votes for a KMT candidate in the Nov. 26 local elections. He has been campaigning for KMT county commissioner candidate Hsu Shu-hua (許淑華). Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Nantou County commissioner candidate Hsu Shu-hua speaks at a campaign event in the county on Tuesday last week. The incident constitutes an abuse of government funds, as Lin has allegedly contravened election laws by promoting KMT candidates and handed out gifts to buy votes for the KMT, Tseng said. DPP Nantou County commissioner candidate Tsai Pei-hui (蔡培慧) said Lin Ming-chen has organized more than 100 such KMT campaign rallies disguised as his “farewell tour,” which began last month.

Source: Taipei Times October 27, 2022 03:18 UTC