Taipei, March 2 (CNA) Tainan City Council Speaker Chiu Li-li (邱莉莉) and Deputy Speaker Lin Chih-chan (林志展) of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), three city councilors, and five others were indicted on Thursday for their roles in rigging the southern city's council speaker and deputy speaker elections in December.
Tainan, Jan. 8 (CNA) Tainan City Fisheries Association Director-General Lin Shih-chieh (林世傑) was arrested and detained late Saturday by prosecutors investigating allegations of vote buying in last month's Tainan City Council speakership election.
Tainan, Jan. 4 (CNA) Tainan City Council Speaker Chiu Li-li (邱莉莉) and Deputy Speaker Lin Chih-chan (林志展) were released on bail early Wednesday after being charged with vote-buying offenses along with nine others.
Tainan, Jan. 3 (CNA) Newly-elected Tainan City Council Speaker Chiu Li-li (邱莉莉) has been brought in for questioning by prosecutors investigating allegations of vote buying, following a search of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) politician's home by a multiagency task force Tuesday.