There was amazing news on the island on July 6, and the epicenter was in Taoyuan City! Zheng Wencan, the current chairman of the Straits Exchange Foundation on the island and the former head of Taoyuan City, was involved in suspicions of fraud, and the suspected amount was as high as millions of Taiwan dollars, and although Zheng Wencan denied committing the crime, the relevant units believed that Zheng Wencan was seriously suspected and was detained on his 57th birthday. Zheng Wencan's appointed lawyer walked into Taoyuan Courtyard at about 11 a.m., with a serious expression and did not say a word throughout the whole process, which was in stark contrast to the noisy "theater" people around him. After a few hours, the results came out, because the case occurred for 7 years ago, the court finally ruled that Zheng Wencan paid 5 million yuan in bail, and prohibited from contacting or contacting relevant personnel. However, the prosecution believes that the ruling is inappropriately used and has filed an objection in person. The tipping point of the Zheng case is closely related to the related land case during his tenure. Zheng traveled extensively during his tenure, did not refuse friends from all walks of life, and was surrounded by dragons and snakes, which led to a catastrophe now. It has been rumored that a number of land cases in Taoyuan are related to Zheng before, but in the end, because there is no evidence directly pointing to Zheng, there is no result in the end, and it is not resolved.
The Blue Committee speculated that it was related to the internal fighting in the Green Battalion
In addition to the possibility that the land development case will be affected, there is also speculation that it may be inseparable from the recent struggle of the green camp. Niu Xuting, the Blue Committee of Taoyuan City, said that the investigation and investigation of the case were closed, and the "timing is intriguing", showing that the old and new layers "have completely different evaluations of Zheng Wencan's actions." Holding the same view, there is also Wang Hongwei of the Blue Committee, who stressed that Zheng Wencan was involved in many controversies in the past, but because of his friendship with the "British family", the matter was all suppressed. Now that Zheng Wencan is being escorted and forbidden to see, and the time point is early in the morning, it will naturally trigger associations, thinking that this shows a strong meaning. However, the relevant speculation was refuted by the Green Committee, and the Green Committee Wu Siyao stressed that "this is an excessive and improper association" should be returned to the essence of the case and respect the prosecution and investigation. Back in 2020, Zheng Wencan, who was still the mayor of Taoyuan City at the time, was gaining popularity, and there was even no shortage of people who arched him to "choose a big position". Zheng Wencan four years ago, maybe he didn't expect that he would face this situation four years later.
During his tenure as the head of Taoyuan City, Zheng Wencan co-produced a video on the YT channel of Thai Internet celebrity "Alizabeth Niangniang" in September 2020 to jointly introduce Taoyuan's food. At the end of the film, Niangniang smiled and asked Zheng Wencan, since he became the head of Taoyuan, has he been involved in any illegal and fraudulent behaviors? At that time, Zheng Wencan immediately replied firmly "No", which surprised Niangniang: "The answer is very fast!" Niang Niang said with a smile that there is a saying in Thailand that there is no disadvantage in these characters on the table, only more or less differences, and I don't know what the situation is on the island. Zheng Wencan responded: "Now we will be caught if we are involved in fraud, if we want to be like this, you must be mentally prepared." After Zheng Wencan was shocked to report the fraud case, the video was found by netizens, and many netizens left messages saying, "It seems that you are ready", "He was still sour that Wu Zhiyang had people involved in fraud around him", "Laughing rat, you have to lie like this, Ah Can". However, some netizens said, "Maybe it wasn't at that time", "I'll just ask, who will answer yes?"
The former Taoyuan citizen Wang Haoyu admitted that this matter was quite strange, and did not shy away from saying that Zheng Wencanguang was a legitimate donation, and "I can't finish the queue", so why should I accept illegal money. However, he also pointed out that compared with the blue and white camp, the green camp has always been in vain, and no one can not escort and no one can do it, this is the green camp. Wang Haoyu pointed out that he felt weird about Zheng Wencan's news, and said bluntly: "I think it's quite weird, first of all, it was really a long time ago, and Zheng Wencan's identity, in fact, the legal donations can't be collected in line, why do you collect illegally? What I've been hearing is that he refuses to give money legally from certain people, and his first and second terms are really imposing, do you think it is necessary to collect illegal donations?" He further said that on the contrary, I have heard many people use his name to deceive outside, and I have reminded him many times in this part, hoping that this incident can be brought to light quickly, and if there is really something illegal, then it will be done. Wang Haoyu emphasized that the attitude of the green camp has always been not to be in vain, unlike Lin Zimiao in the blue camp and Gao Hongan in the white camp, both camps are escorting to the end. We won't escort, and there's nothing anyone can't do.
He was the best candidate for the head of the administrative agency! Zheng Wencan's debut 26 years ago, the controversial event was watched once
Zheng Wencan, who was born in the 80s, has also experienced strong winds and waves, in 2009, entrusted by Cai, squatting in Taoyuan for many years, twice challenging the patriarchal throne, and finally in 2014, when he was not favored by the outside world, he reversed the victory over the candidates of the blue camp and successfully won the Taoyuan position, and then re-elected, so that his status in the green camp continued to rise. Zheng Wencan has been on the rise since then, and even once served as a deputy official, and is regarded as one of the successor echelons within the green camp, but he inevitably formed a fierce competition with another star. After Lai took office, Zheng Wencan's future was unclear, and he was finally appointed to the post of chairman of the Strait Exchange Foundation, although he was described as "entering the cold palace" by the opposition camp, but realistically speaking, at least Zheng Wencan can still continue his career, and the outside world is also optimistic that he can perform in the 2026 local election. It's just that this storm of fraud is undoubtedly a major blow to Zheng Wencan's career, even if Zheng Wencan can survive it in the end, it may not be easy to make a comeback. And Zheng Wencan's loss of momentum will inevitably affect the future layout of the green camp.
Because Zheng Wencan's outstanding performance in recent years, he was appointed as the head of Taoyuan City twice, and was even hailed as the best candidate for the head of the administrative agency, so when the news of his detention was exposed, it caused shock to the outside world. According to media reports, Zheng Wencan debuted in 1998, when he became the representative of Taoyuan County with the highest approval rate in Taoyuan. After stepping down, he was transferred to the deputy director of the publicity department of the Green Camp, and was later promoted to the director of the publicity department in 2004. In 2006, he became the head of the press unit of the administrative body, the youngest of all the units. In 2014, Zheng Wencan represented the Green Camp in the Taoyuan City Patriarchate and successfully won, and was successfully re-elected in 2018, and also set a record for the highest support rate in the history of the Taoyuan City Patriarch Election. After stepping down, in January 2023, Cheng Wencan served as his deputy in Chen's team. However, due to the subsequent film controversy that broke out in Macau, the whole incident was confusing and difficult to sort out, and Lai believed that he had high moral standards, so Zheng Wencan did not take over as expected by the outside world, but was arranged to serve as the chairman of the Straits Exchange Foundation on April 25, 2024.
But in Zheng Wencan's career, there have also been many controversial events. During the period when Wu Zhiyang was in charge of Taoyuan County, Zheng not only suspended the Taoyuan Railway Elevated Project, but even began to plan the railway underground, which increased the project budget from the original 30.8 billion yuan to 94.5 billion yuan, and then increased to 104.7 billion yuan, which caused a lot of controversy at the time. On September 18, 2022, a strong earthquake of 6.8 occurred in Chishang, Taitung, and Taoyuan City, where the maximum seismic intensity was only 3 at that time, the badminton court on the fifth floor of the Bade Sports Center, which had only been in operation for about 1 year, was found to have the ceiling light steel frame and soundproof board obviously collapsed and fell after the earthquake. But the follow-up construction manufacturer was exposed, and since 2015, the occupational safety regulations have been violated 199 times, and Zheng Wencan has been severely criticized by the outside world for this project, so he has to come out overnight to apologize. In 2022, You Zhibin, Chen Liling and others publicly questioned Zheng Zai's master's thesis for suspected plagiarism, and there was even the possibility of recruiting gunmen. On December 2, 2022, NTU decided to revoke Zheng's master's degree and not renew his appointment as a thesis advisor.
The hospital's press release revealed the mystery that the key point of Zheng Wencan's exemption from charge is the refund
According to the press release of the hospital, only a person surnamed Liao paid a tribute of 5 million to Zheng Wencan, and it was difficult to identify Zheng Wencan as illegal income when he returned it. There is a mystery hidden in just a few words, which may be the key to Zheng Wencan's failure to be detained in the end. The Taoyuan District Court said that Zheng Wencan accepted 5 million yuan in September 2017 but returned the money to a person surnamed Liao in August 2018. However, the court could not determine that the money came from illegal gains, and the other four defendants had been detained, so they were ordered to pay bail of 5 million yuan. Local sources pointed out that generally speaking, there are few refunds, because after all, they all take risks to deal with it, and there is no way to do it, so it can only be said that they are unlucky. Even if there is a refund, it is about six to seventy percent, and the full refund is basically not seen. According to the information revealed by the hospital, it is also possible that the money given to Zheng by the person surnamed Liao was regarded as a donation by Zheng, and it was later found that there was a consideration relationship with it, and Zheng Cai refunded it in full, otherwise a handling fee would basically be deducted, and this kind of fee depends on the friendship between the two. Because as long as there is no consideration, it is difficult to be recognized as illegal gains, which may be the reason why Zheng Wencan can pay the guarantee.
According to past cases, the most important thing is whether there is a clear consideration relationship or not. The most classic case is the case of Lin Yishi, the former Blue Commissioner, who demanded as much as 83 million from the manufacturer, but after he collected the money, he did not put pressure on the relevant departments according to the needs of the manufacturer, and finally did not return a dime, which made the manufacturer angry, so he decided to burn the jade to the breaking news media. However, because Lin Yishi was not involved, the first instance even considered that it did not constitute illegality, which made the outside world ridicule the manufacturer at that time for sending money to the air. Interestingly, when the characters from the Blue Camp heard that Zheng Wencan's refund became the reason for the investigation to make him pay bail, in addition to seeing the joy of hunting, he even couldn't cry or laugh. A staff member from the Blue Camp even said, "Why do you want to return that kind of money, just accept it", and some people even couldn't help but sigh, "I'm still willing to return the money, it's very good." I am afraid that it is also because of this that Zheng Wencan smiled easily when he left the Taoyuan Courtyard. This is a reflection of the island's unhealthy environment.