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News Headline:Controversy erupts over online celebrity's campaign for neighborhood chief and councilor! Livestreaming donations to the disadvantaged with direct cash payments of tens of thousands of yuan raises concerns; lawyers suggest this could constitute bribery.
Media Source:Sanli News
reporter:You Tao
News link:https://youtu.be/jHjs2JWSQ7E?si=4f-MZO0qZDe6gY52
News Summary
According to a report by SET News, the candidacy of internet celebrities Binbin Ge and AJ Ge for neighborhood chief or councilor has attracted attention. Their actions of donating money to the disadvantaged and giving away cash during live streams have also been questioned by the public as potentially involving bribery. The report interviewed lawyer Li Yusheng to explain the legal risks; whether the donations are purely charitable assistance or related to winning votes still needs to be determined based on the actual content of the activities and evidence.
Lawyer Li Yusheng explains
In a news report, Attorney Li Yu-sheng of Fidelity Law Firm cautioned that simply claiming to support the disadvantaged during a campaign by sending money via livestream does not guarantee the absence of vote-buying risk. The legal key is whether there is a quid pro quo relationship between the money or benefit and the act of voting. According to Article 99 of the Public Officials Election and Recall Act, soliciting, promising, or delivering bribes or other improper benefits to a person with voting rights, and agreeing not to vote or to perform a specific voting act, may constitute the crime of vote-buying.
In practice, the timing, recipient, and content of the donation during the live broadcast should be examined, including whether it was combined with campaign propaganda and whether it requested support for a specific candidate. It is crucial to verify whether the recipient is a voter in the relevant election and whether there were arrangements to provide voter benefits through intermediaries. All risks cannot be dismissed simply because "the person receiving the money isn't in my constituency," nor can a charitable donation be automatically considered a crime. If entering...Investigation of bribery casesComplete live broadcasts, financial records, and existing records of charitable activities are all important evidence for clarifying the purpose of donations and the consideration for voting.
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