This is the 200th issue of "Bay Area Lookout".
Zheng Wencan's life in prison exposed: creepy
Zheng Wencan, former mayor of Taoyuan City in Taiwan and chairman of the Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF), who has resigned, has made new progress in the bribery case. A few days ago, after two bails and three court trials, he was sentenced to be taken into custody on suspicion of collusion on the 11th. However, Zheng Wencan was not satisfied with the ruling and filed a protest. The Taiwan Regional "High Court" rushed to hear the case yesterday (12 July) morning, ruled in the evening to reject the protest, and continued to detain. The ruling determined that Zheng Wencan would be detained and banned from seeing each other for two months, and that he would not be able to file another protest. Media people on the island said, "This incident is absolutely to the death," clearly pointing out that Zheng Wencan's end will be very tragic.
According to the provisions of the Criminal Procedure Law on the island, the detention of a defendant during the investigation cannot exceed two months, and if there is a need for continued detention, it may be extended once, and not more than two months at most, that is, Zheng Wencan's cumulative detention time must not exceed four months. Chen Liling, a spokeswoman for the New Party on the island and a lawyer at Kuanxin United Law Firm, said that if Zheng Wencan insists on not pleading guilty, he may have to spend the whole summer in the detention center, and he will have to be detained for four months at the earliest, that is, he will not be released until November 10.
Source: Taiwan's "China Times News Network"
In addition to paying attention to the follow-up trend of the case and how Zheng Wencan will deal with it next, his life in prison has also attracted much attention. Taoyuan Prison insiders revealed that Zheng Wencan "ate and slept well in the detention center in the past few days, and there was no abnormality". Yesterday morning, lawyer Zheng Wencan met with him, and when he left, he only revealed to the media that "everything is fine" and "thank you", and then left quickly.
In addition, there are also people suspected of Zheng Wencan's relatives and friends appearing near the detention center, entering the cooperative to "buy wildly" to buy daily necessities and food for Zheng Wencan, but they were told at the checkout that "the purchase amount shall not exceed 2,000 yuan a day", so in the end they only bought underwear and pants, and there was no other amount to buy food, snacks, etc., and the things could only be transferred to Zheng Wencan through the detention center staff.
In addition, regarding the choice of Zheng Wencan's cellmates, Lin Yufeng, a senior social reporter and media person on the island, said bluntly that he felt creepy when he thought about it, and he was simply manipulating him. Lin Yufeng said that one of Zheng Wencan's cellmates is a drug prisoner, and if he is addicted to drugs, the attack will be very terrible, not only crying until snot and tears flow wildly, hitting the railing and breaking the blood flow on the head, but also vomiting and even incontinence. ”
Lin Yufeng pointed out that in general, detention centers will give convenience to politicians, and most of them arrange to live in two-person rooms, with non-threatening financial criminals and fraudsters, and bring a familiar environment inside. But among Zheng Wencan's cellmates, two fraudsters with simple cases should be no problem, but living with drug criminals is very scary. I feel creepy when I think about it, and the prison said that they found three cases to simply live together, but they simply rectified him.
collusion of accomplices, known as "Little Zheng Wencan".
It is worth noting that Zheng Wencan was detained this time because he was suspected of colluding with the secretary surnamed Shi. Public opinion on the island rumored that the secretary of the Shi was Shi Yanting, the deputy director of the office of Zheng Wencan when he was the mayor of Taoyuan City. According to people familiar with the matter, when Zheng Wencan was the mayor of Taoyuan, Shi Yanting, the affairs at the municipal government level, would also assist in conveying and handling them, and he could almost represent Zheng Wencan to the outside world, and was known as "Little Zheng Wencan". Huang Jingping, a Taoyuan city councilor, said that Shi Yanting had a lot of power and was an "underground chief".
Shi Yanting Source: Taiwan's "United News Network"
Taiwan media said that Shi Yanting graduated from the Department of Sociology and the Institute of Political Science of National Taiwan University, was born in the "Sunflower Student Movement", and was the spokesman of the Sunflower Student Group and the student representative of the decision-making group of the "Sunflower Student Movement". According to local insiders, because of his young and quick response, Zheng Wencan relied on his intelligence and good writing, and served as Zheng Wencan's first confidential secretary. He has been with Zheng Wencan for at least 10 years.
Taoyuan City Councilor Huang Jingping said that he heard that Shi was called the "underground manager" within the city government, and Yan Zijie was on the table, and the low-key Shi operated under the table, which was quite trusted by Zheng Wencan, and gave Shi a lot of power, and the external contact window in the later period was also Shi. Shi is also a cautious person, outsiders have to inquire about things, he is good at responsibility, super tight-mouthed, and protective, which also proves that he is relied on and used. This time, Shi Hui sent a message to Zheng, and it also showed that Zheng would treat Shi as a minister, and only then would Shi deal with the matter.
Although the investigation had key evidence of Zheng Wencan's chat records with Shi Yanting, it did not use it as a reason for the detention (claim for detention) in the first place, and it was not until Zheng Wencan handed over bail for the second time that he showed his hole cards when protesting. For this reason, the Taoyuan Prefectural Court issued a special statement yesterday, pointing out that the evidence that Zheng Wencan passed on the content of the defense to Shi Yanting was a new piece of evidence that the prosecution only presented when it appealed for the second time on the evening of July 9.
Lai Qingde didn't dare to move Tsai Ing-wen?
After Zheng Wencan was detained, people from all walks of life on the island were speculating who Lai Qingde would "cut" next? Some people think that it is Ke Wenzhe, chairman of the People's Party, and even more think that Tsai Ing-wen is also "inevitable". However, senior media people on the island asserted that Lai Qingde did not dare to touch Tsai Ing-wen and "don't die."
Source: Taiwan "TVBS News" Source: Taiwan "TVBS News"
Xie Hanbing, a senior media person on the island, said on the program on the 12th, "Tsai Ing-wen is not so active." Lai Qingde is just testing the temperature of the water now, just to see how much strength Tsai Ing-wen has. But Tsai Ing-wen is not so active at all, she has been in power for 8 years, and many people may find out that it may be connected to Lai Qingde in the end, "If you fight hard, you may end up with the DPP not being able to finish eating and walking, which is a serious injury to Lai Qingde." ”
Source: Taiwan "TVBS News"
Guo Zhengliang, a commentator on current affairs on the island, believes that the next focus will no longer be Zheng Wencan or other malpractices, but the People's Party's Ke Wenzhe, and the entire party will probably be in chaos at that time.
Guo Zhengliang said on the island's political discussion program that Zheng Wencan's case is likely to end here, because the DPP is afraid of chaos, and now everyone is not speaking, and there is no manpower to support or support, "There will definitely be people at the top who say that it is good to do now and not continue to burn." The follow-up is the question of whether the "opposition" has the ability to force the prosecution and transfer hands, and from the position of the DPP, it will not move, because Lai Qingde has already achieved his goal, which is to defeat the opponent.
"Lai Qingde only cares about the people who stand in his way, and if the Taoyuan fraud case is expanded or Tsai Ing-wen is found up, what good will it do to Lai Qingde", Guo Zhengliang pointed out that Tsai Ing-wen is not in the seat, and her strength is destined to gradually dissipate and there is no threat. It is impossible for the "British system" to go head-to-head with Lai Qingde, and this will test the Kuomintang's ability to expose cheats and make the investigation unobtrusive. As for Ke Wenzhe, Guo Zhengliang stressed that it is difficult to say at present, "It must be more serious than Zheng Wencan, not only a 'nuclear bomb', it is equivalent to blowing up the entire People's Party, and we will see this scene in the future." ”
Source: Taiwan's "Central News Agency"
In addition, Zhang Yuxuan, a media person on the island, analyzed that in the "Zheng Wencan case", the three elements of felony, escape, and collusion were all in place, and the Taoyuan Court's approach was also quickly resolved. Zhang Yuxuan believes that since then, the attitude of Taiwan's judicial system in dealing with Cheng Wen-can will only become tougher and tougher each time.
According to this trend, Zheng Wencan may "disappear" from the public's field of vision.
Author: Zhuo Yizi, the chief writer of Shenzhen Satellite TV Direct News