The former mayor of a Yunlin County township is to serve more than 10 years in jail for selling government jobs after the Supreme Court yesterday struck down his final appeal.
Former Beigang Township (北港) mayor Hsiao Yung-yi (蕭永義) contested four elections in the town as an independent, winning two of them.
However, he did not finish his most recent term after the judiciary in 2020 launched a corruption investigation against him.
After being found guilty by a local court in June last year, the case reached the Supreme Court after a series of appeals by Hsiao.
Judges in the earlier trials found him