Pingtung County Council Speaker Sentenced to 3 Years and 4 Months for Illegal Signature Collection
Pingtung County Council Speaker Chou Tien-lun was sentenced to 3 years and 4 months for using bribes to collect signatures for Terry Gou's presidential bid.
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- 📰 Published: May 27, 2026 at 11:16
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Pingtung County Council Speaker Chou Tien-lun, involved in a case of using 5 million NTD in bribes to collect signatures for Terry Gou's presidential bid, has been sentenced to 3 years and 4 months in prison by the Kaohsiung High Court in a retrial. He was also fined 1.5 million NTD and stripped of his civil rights for 5 years. Although prosecutors appealed for a heavier sentence, the court considered that while the bribe amount was high, the actual impact on the election was limited.
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Penalties include imprisonment, fines, and deprivation of civil rights.