Court rejects appeal to detain suspect in vote-buying probeStaff writer, with CNAThe High Court on Tuesday rejected a second appeal by prosecutors to detain Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Central Standing Committee member Hsiao Ching-tien (蕭景田), who is suspected of vote-buying in the local elections in November last year. The Shilin District Court first rejected a request by prosecutors to detain Hsiao on Tuesday last week, when it set Hsiao’s bail at NT$8 million. The High Court’s Criminal Appeals Division in Taipei is pictured in an undated photograph. Photo: Yang Kuo-wen, Taipei TimesProsecutors appealed the ruling, resulting in the court’s decision on Saturday last week to increase the bail amount, but prosecutors appealed to detain Hsiao and hold him incommunicado, a request the High Court rejected. They allegedly paid NT$6,000 to NT$10,000 to the borough warden candidates to gain their support and promote Lin’s candidacy, Chinese-language media reported.

Source: Taipei Times January 14, 2023 02:02 UTC