Township head blocking the road 2/Three consecutive mayors set a record for corruption. Xie Chaohui’s evil behavior of soliciting bribes attracted the attention of Japan | Society | CTWANT

Mingjian Township in Nantou County is located on the north bank of Zhuoshui River, adjacent to Jiji Mountains in the east. It has a mild climate and is rich in tea, rice and other crops. The villagers are simple and enthusiastic. It is recognized as a tea and rice hometown with good mountains and good water. However, it is famous for its beautiful scenery. Li Baisong, Zhang Jin’e, and Xie Chaohui, the mayors of Jianxiang for three consecutive terms, were all imprisoned for corruption. Another famous construction section chief of Jianxiang, Liao Qingquan, who was later elected as the mayor of Zhongliao, was also imprisoned for corruption. A small place unexpectedly The emergence of four township chiefs who were imprisoned can be called “legends” in the history of local self-government in Taiwan!

The most famous of the above-mentioned four corrupt township heads is Xie Chaohui, because his evil behavior of soliciting bribes was so bad that even the Japanese knew about it, and he was humiliated abroad! According to the facts of the crime indicted by the prosecutor against Xie Chaohui, the Central District Water Resources Bureau of the Water Resources Department of the Ministry of Economic Affairs (referred to as the Central Water Bureau) handled the BOT bidding case for the Jiji Barrage Hydropower Plant, and Mingjian Electric Power Company won the bid. , the two parties signed a power plant construction and operation contract in March of the following year, and construction began in October of the same year. The then township mayor Xie Chaohui threatened to disrupt the power plant construction project, which made Mingjian Electric Power Company very nervous.

The top management of Mingjian Electric Power Company took the initiative to visit Xie Chaohui, but Xie asked to “give back to the local area.” He also said that there was a project worth more than 9 million yuan in the township. If he wanted the power plant construction to go smoothly, he must carry out this project free of charge. However, the top management of the power plant did not agree to Xie’s conditions. In addition, in January 2005, the Water Resources Bureau announced that the power plant’s construction rebate amount would be 6 million yuan. The contractor placed cement guardrails on the only external road for power plant construction, destroyed and excavated the road twice, and then raised the external road below the culvert, making it impossible for ready-mixed concrete trucks to enter and leave the construction site.

The power plant’s top management was forced to coordinate through local councillors. Hsieh Chaohui instructed former Taichung Mayor Zhang Ziyuan (late) and others to coordinate. Hsieh’s confidential secretary, Huang Zhongyuan, actually reprimanded the power plant’s top brass at the coordination meeting for “not knowing how to behave in this place.” , said in a vicious manner: “If this road needs to be repaired, 24 million yuan will have to be paid.” Later, through Zhang Ziyuan, it was reduced to 15 million yuan. The senior management of the power plant had no choice but to agree, but the two parties could not negotiate the payment method. During the process, Xie, Huang and others continued to create difficulties, forcing the top management of the power plant to submit.

Later, the investigation bureau’s unit received a report and arrested the relevant persons when the power plant’s senior executives were making payments, and the prosecutors charged Xie Chaohui and others. In the first instance, Xie was severely sentenced to 15 years in prison. In the second instance, the sentence was commuted to 8 years. After appeal, the Supreme Court rejected and affirmed. Later, Xie failed to report to the prosecutor, and his bail of 1.6 million yuan was confiscated. In the end, he was arrested and sentenced to prison. He was paroled in February 2016 and has been at large for more than 7 years. However, the state compensation case of the sufferer Mingma Electric Power Company has not been solved for 16 years, and the manufacturer is crying without tears.

The hydropower plant named in this case is the first small hydropower plant in China to be operated under the BOT model. It is also the first BOT case between the Ministry of Economic Affairs and the Water Resources Department. It also won the 3rd Government Gold Award. Japan’s Kansai Electric Power Company, which has built hundreds of nuclear, thermal and hydropower plants around the world, is also a major shareholder. This case is also the first time that Kansai Electric Power has crossed the sea to participate in a hydropower project in Taiwan. In order to demand bribes, Xie Chaohui did not hesitate to destroy the foreign relations road. , causing delays in the project and forcing Mingma Electric Power Company to submit. Xie’s evil deeds were seen by the Japanese side and brought disgrace to the Taiwanese people.