Hsinchu Mayor Gao Hongan was sentenced in the first instance for corruption and has been suspended without pay. (Taiwan's "China Times" file photo)
According to Taiwan's "China Times" report, Hsinchu Mayor Gao Hong'an was suspected of fraudulently claiming assistant fees for public opinion representatives. On July 26, the Taipei District Court issued a ruling in accordance with the island's current "Corruption Crime Ordinance." "" and other crimes, Gao Hong'an was sentenced to seven years and four months in prison and deprived of public power for four years. The Taiwanese government's internal affairs department suspended him from his duties as mayor on the same day. The background of the whistleblower who provided the secret files, as well as the motivation and whistleblowing process for exposing Gao Hongan's crimes were also exposed.
Gao Hongan was accused of overreporting assistant remuneration and fraudulently receiving public funds during his tenure as a public opinion representative in 2020. The case was tried by the Taipei District Court for nearly a year. The collegial court found that Gao violated the "Corruption and Crime Ordinance" and took advantage of his position to defraud property and the island The current "Criminal Code" makes civil servants guilty of publishing false and forged documents, and aggravated the crime of fraud and corruption based on their duties, and is sentenced to a maximum of 7 years and 4 months in prison, deprived of public power for 4 years, and confiscation of criminal proceeds of NT$116,514 (NT$, below) same). Gao Hongan said in this regard that the petty cash system of the Taiwanese government's public opinion organization was not created by her. There are no head assistants. The overtime hours applied for are supported by more than 2,000 pages of objective work records, and they are all used for official expenses. She said she will appeal. , I hope he can be cleared in the second trial.
Taiwanese media "Mirror Weekly" reported today (30th) that the whistleblower alliance that holds Gao Hongan's key secrets was formed in July 2022. Among the four people are grassroots political workers and alumni who studied at National Taiwan University. and whistleblower b who has worked with Gao in well-known companies. Because b knew the other three people respectively, he connected the four people's information exchange network and separately searched for Gao's major and minor events from his studies to his tenure as a public opinion representative, and thus found evidence that he had fraudulently received assistant fees.
The report also announced that the whistleblower alliance met for the first time at Shibajianshan. They met in the parking lot next to the Lion Pavilion at night and exchanged information; in addition, the conversation at Nanliao Fishing Port in Hsinchu was difficult to be heard due to strong winds, which also made Gao Hongan The place where whistleblowers exchange information. The most critical time was at the Kansai rest stop. At that time, Gao's account books and salary details were almost completed. The whistleblower holding the secret file got into whistler A's car to "deliver" the goods, allowing a to obtain the complete key. The evidence was electronically archived, and the blue flash drive was handed over to "Mirror Weekly" on November 10, 2022, and the secret files were exposed.
After the verdict of Gao Hongan's first trial came out, the report mentioned that the whistleblower A who provided 25 secret files said bluntly that after Gao entered politics, he often presented his image as "a woman in science and engineering, a talented scholar, and a former Hon Hai employee." People who were in the same school or workplace with her couldn't stand it, so after learning that Gao Dongnian was running for mayor of Hsinchu, they decided to expose Gao's mask. [Source: China Jingwei Network]
