According to Taiwan's "China Times" report, the suspended Hsinchu Mayor Gao Hong'an was accused of fraudulently obtaining public funds by exaggerating assistant remuneration and overtime pay during his tenure as a public opinion representative in 2020. In the first instance, he t

According to Taiwan's "China Times News Network", the suspended Hsinchu Mayor Gao Hong'an was accused of falsely claiming public funds by exaggerating assistant remuneration and overtime pay during his tenure as a public opinion representative in 2020. The first instance was based on the "Corruption Crimes Ordinance" and took advantage of his position. He was sentenced to 7 years in prison for fraud and other crimes. On April 4, the second instance of the Taiwan High Court was opened by the presiding judge Guo Yuzhen. When Gao Hongan appeared in court, when asked by the media if he was confident, he only smiled and responded "Thank you."

Gao Hong Anti appealed and argued that the first-instance judgment of the Taipei District Court violated the rules of experience and theory, and that the judgment was unreasonable and inconsistent. According to the previous judgment of the Supreme Court, as long as the assistant does substantive work and is not an assistant, his or her legal work income will not be punished even if Donating to the people is their personal discretion and there is nothing illegal.

Suspended Hsinchu Mayor Gao Hongan (front left) appeared in court. (Photo by Zhao Shuangjie, Taiwan's "China Times News Network")

Gao argued that the "provident fund" records handled by co-defendant Huang Huiwen were full of omissions and errors. The North Court did not examine whether the records had the ability to prove evidence, so the lawsuit was filed. appeal.

The prosecutor filed an appeal against the North Court's sentence of seven years and four months to Gao Hong'an, and the finding that the criminal income of NT$116,514 was not included in the false report of most "overtime pay", so the sentence was equivalent to the violation. The proceeds of crime were not confiscated; former assistant Wang Yuwen never confessed to the crime, showed no regrets, and had a bad attitude after the crime, so it was not appropriate to be sentenced to probation.

The Beijing Prosecutor’s Office believes that Gao Hongan and his former assistants Huang Huiwen, Chen Huanyu, and Wang Yuwen are partially innocent, and Chen Yukai is partially innocent. The Northern Prosecutor’s Office used improper methods of admission. However, the prosecutor also interceded on behalf of Huang Huiwen, Chen Huanyu, and Chen Yukai. If they still confessed to the objective facts in the subsequent trial, they still asked the court to issue a suspended sentence.