The Taiwan Anti-Corruption and Whistleblower Protection Association on Wednesday released its findings on the criminal records of city or county councilor candidates in this month’s local elections. Association chairman Huang Kuo-chang (黃國昌), a former lawmaker, reported that among the 1,677 councilor candidates, 195 — 11.6 percent — have been prosecuted or have criminal records. Twelve cities and counties have more than 10 percent of councilor candidates with criminal records, and only Penghu County has none. The report examined whether local councilor candidates have been criminally prosecuted, have a criminal conviction record or have been blacklisted by the Criminal Investigation Bureau’s Chihping anti-gangster program. Care should be taken to examine candidates’ records.

Source: Taipei Times November 05, 2022 22:16 UTC