At the Taiwan International Balloon Festival on August 2, the National Immigration Agency Taitung County Service Center’s Southern District Affairs Brigade informed attendees and international pilots about anti-corruption election. The director (林明道) of the NIA Taitung County Service Center also reminded the populace to remain impartial and reject election bribery behaviors if any candidate or unit offered free travel or gifts in different ways during the election period.
NIA Taitung County Service Center promotes anti-bribery election with pilots at Taiwan International Balloon Festival.Photo provided by NIA
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A Vietnamese pilot (阮阿堅) participated in the campaigns, helping to spread the word to visitors in Chinese and Vietnamese and posting anti-bribery signs around the booths to help people see the pitfalls of bribery.
In order to remind the public about the many forms of bribery behaviors and the procedures for reporting from real-life situations, pilots and tourists also collaborated to create anti-bribery posters. A visitor said that she didn't know that participating in a temporary employment at an election campaign, changing his or hers household registration to a certain candidate's constituency, etc. constituted vote bribing until after joining the promotional campaign.
NIA Taitung County Service Center promotes anti-bribery election with pilots at Taiwan International Balloon Festival.Photo provided by NIA
There are several methods to rig elections, according to the director (林明道) of the NIA Taitung County Service Center, making it all the more crucial for the citizens of the entire nation to cooperate in order to preserve a fair and democratic electoral process. Call the reporting line at 0800-024-099 if one comes across anything similar. Additionally, a never-ending stream of frauds have surfaced in recent years, and the general public is cautioned not to believe investment channels of unknown origin. Please check with the 165 anti-fraud hotlines right away if one has any queries.
