Pingtung mayor, official sentenced for corruptionBy Jason Pan / Staff reporterThe Pingtung District Court on Friday sentenced Pingtung Mayor Lin Hsieh-sung (林協松) and Pingtung City Council Speaker Hsiao Kuo-liang (蕭國亮) to several years in prison for corruption. It sentenced Lin to seven years in jail and Hsiao to four years and two months. As Lin was convicted of corruption, he is to be removed as mayor under the Local Government Act (地方制度法), but Pingtung County Government officials said that the formal removal of Lin would not start until they receive the official ruling from the court. Two other defendants, a Pingtung County Council administrator surnamed Yeh (葉) and a contractor surnamed Chou (周), were also convicted on corruption charges, with Yeh receiving a seven-year plus six-month sentence and Chou a three-year jail term. The previous mayor, Lin Ya-chun (林亞?

Source: Taipei Times September 18, 2021 15:56 UTC