Cheng Wen-can, the former chairman of the Taiwan Straits Exchange Foundation and the former mayor of Taoyuan City, was detained and banned for corruption. In response to the court's ruling, Cheng Wen-can filed a protest, arguing that "someone left NT$5 million (NT$, below) in a public house. )’s handbag, he returned it only after he discovered it”, which was rejected by the court. In this regard, Xie Hanbing, a media person on the island, believes that Zheng Wencan's lawyer would give such an unreasonable reason because he knew that the protest would not pass, so he was just following the procedures.
According to the Taiwanese media "China Times News Network", Zheng Wencan denied in the protest that he knew that the landowner surnamed Liao brought money to the public house, and argued that if a bribe was really paid, how could it be that the bribe was only 5 million yuan based on the benefits of this land change plan? However, the court believed that the weight and size of the 5 million yuan in cash were not small. Wouldn't Zheng Wencan or his family open it and check if someone left this item in the public house? In addition, according to the testimony of the landowner surnamed Liao on the process of determining the amount, this money may be the "prepayment" for the completion of the land change plan, so the protest was dismissed.
Regarding the reason for protesting against "putting 5 million yuan in a handbag at home for half a year before returning it", Xie Hanbing asked in a Taiwanese political commentary program yesterday (13th), Zheng Wencan can't even clean his home? If your handbag is left at home for half a year, won't it accumulate a lot of dust? He bluntly said that if the relevant statements are true, Zheng Wencan's home must be very dirty. Logically speaking, if a normal person sees an extra bag in the house, he would check it out. "What nonsense are you talking about? The judge may laugh on the spot when he sees this reason." "Come out."
Xie Hanbing judged that Zheng Wencan's lawyer would give such an unreasonable reason because he knew that the protest would be impossible. He mentioned that when the court remanded the second ruling, it said, "It has been more than a year and a half since he resigned as mayor of (Taoyuan), and there is still doubt whether he is still influential in the Taoyuan City Government." Basically, it was questioning Taoyuan Diyuan, why are they still holding people in custody? Zheng Wencan's lawyer may have known that he was doing nothing, so he went through the process and found several reasons to emphasize his innocence.
In addition, Xie Hanbing also believes that the "fighting" has just begun. Zheng Wencan is not the real big devil. Whoever blocked the situation for 7 years and prevented the prosecutor from moving, that person is the real key. The question is, does Lai Qingde dare to touch that person now? He thinks he dare not, because if he moves at this time, it may lead to US intervention, so Lai Qingde will wait and see what happens.
Xie Hanbing said that the question is whether the person behind Zheng Wencan will take action, and how much Lai Qingde will do. Zheng Wencan was imprisoned, and now Lai Qingde wanted to see what actions Zheng Wencan's people would make in the future. Because Zheng Wencan is definitely not only involved in this case, but also in several cases. If this case turns out like this, will the people involved in other cases be nervous? What actions will these people take? Whether these people will use their power to come out and whether they will negotiate with Lai Qingde through relationships is the focus to be observed later. (Reported by Straits Herald reporter Chen Zilin and Lin Jingxian)
