Former Kaohsiung City Councilor Lai Wen-te's 3-Year, 8-Month Sentence for Vote-Buying Upheld in Second Trial
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Lai Wen-te, a former KMT Kaohsiung City Councilor, had his appeal rejected by the Kaohsiung High Court, which upheld his original sentence for vote-buying. He was sentenced to 3 years and 8 months in prison and stripped of his civil rights for 4 years for paying voters NT$1,200 to NT$10,000 during the 2022 election. Lai claimed the payments were 'work fees,' but the court ruled they were disguised bribes.
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- Q: 涉案人是誰？
- A: 前國民黨高雄市議員賴文德。
- Q: 賴文德被指控做了什麼？
- A: 他在民國111年（2022年）的高雄市議員選舉期間，涉嫌以每票新台幣1200元到1萬元的價格向選民買票。
- Q: 法院的判決為何？
- A: 一審橋頭地方法院判處他有期徒刑3年8個月，褫奪公權4年。二審台灣高等法院高雄分院駁回其上訴，維持原判。
- Q: 賴文德方面如何辯護？
- A: 他辯稱支付給選民的現金是幫忙拜票、巡視旗幟的「工作費」及勞務津貼，並非賄款。
- Q: 法院為何不採信其辯詞？
- A: 法院發現收款選民並非競選總部編制內員工，且報酬與工時（如不到10小時獲1萬元）明顯不符，認定是假借工作費名義變相給付賄款，對價關係明確。