A Keelung City official has admitted to illegally using government database to aid in efforts to recall city councilors from the ruling Democratic Progressive Party.
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00:00An official from Jilong in northern Taiwan has admitted to abusing his power to help
00:05recall efforts against city councillors from the ruling Democratic Progressive Party.
00:09Jilong's mayor, a member of the opposition Kuomintang, says he will respect the judicial
00:14process in the case of the official concerned.
00:17The head of Jilong's civil affairs department, Zhang Yuanxiang, admitted to prosecutors that
00:39he unlawfully gathered voters' personal information for recall petitions.
00:44Zhang was later released on bail while two other KMT-related recall campaigners were held
00:50incommunicado.
00:52One of the DPP city councillors targeted by the recall campaigns said the Jilong's mayor owes
00:57the public an explanation.
00:59This is the latest development in a widening investigation into recall petition forgery.
01:06This is the latest development in a widening investigation into recall petition forgery.
01:12this is the latest development in a widening investigation into recall petition forgery.
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