Taipei, Nov. 26 (CNA) Yilan County Magistrate Lin Zi-miao (林姿妙) of the main opposition Kuomintang (KMT) was reelected after defeating main rival Chiang Tsung-yuan (江聰淵) of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in the race to head the county on Saturday.
‘POLITICAL HUNT’: Yilan County Commissioner Lin Zi-miao denied the allegations and said the investigation against her was politically motivatedBy Jonathan Chin / Staff writer, with CNA
Yilan County Commissioner Lin Zi-miao (林姿妙) yesterday complained of political persecution, while critics urged her to come clean on allegations of illegal financial dealings.
New revelations came to light in a corruption investigation into Lin and several Yilan County officials. Investigators have tracked down about NT$100 million (US$3.43 million) in money transfers to Lin and members of her family over the past two decades from former Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) legislator Yang Chi-hsiung (楊吉雄).
Investigators alleged that the money have gone to Lin’s two bank accounts, but she did not declare the money as assets, as required by law for elected government
Taipei, Feb. 23 (CNA) The Yilan District Court on Wednesday rejected a request by prosecutors to detain Yilan County Magistrate Lin Zi-miao (林姿妙) in an alleged corruption case, ordering her freed on NT$800,000 (US$28,700) bail instead.