In hopes to clarify the controversy surrounding Lee Ri-kuei, the father-in-law of Kuomintang's presidential candidate Han Kuo-yu, the National Property Administration of the Ministry of Finance started digging up the Ta-tung Gravel plant to see whether if it's backfilled with unidentified waste. Lee's son, a councilor of Yunlin County was at the scene and questioned the dig as politically motivated. The administration in response said the dig is in accordance with administrative procedures.


At 10 a.m. sharp, workers started the dig with excavators. To clarify whether Kuomintang's Presidential Candidate Han Kuo-yu's father-in-law Lee Ri-kuei has backfilled the Ta-tung gravel plant with unidentified waste, the National Property Administration along with other related departments started the dig on Dec 18th.

Legislators have voiced their suspicions that waste have been buried here. As the authorities for land management, we need to confirm whether it is true that waste was buried here. We are following the standard procedures, and are not doing so for any other specific reason or person.

The National Property Administration said that 37 locations are expected to be dug up on the 18th and soil samples will be sent to be analyzed on December 23rd. Test results however, will only be available in a month's time at the soonest. The administration also emphasized that they chose this moment to start the dig as to clarify the truth, and are just following standard procedures. Yunlin County Councilor Lee Ming-che, who is also Lee Ri-kuei's son, however, disagree and said that choosing to start the dig at such a sensitive timing is the administration's attempt to affect the election.

There's only 20-something days left before the election. This land has already been checked and handed over a long time ago. If there was a problem with the hand over, the National Property Administration should have expressed their opinions a long time ago and not collaborate with some political attack dog now to severely manipulate the election results.

Lee Ming-che said that the Lee Family has exited the gravel plant for nearly twenty years and that if there were truly any harmful substances that were backfilled, how is it possible that a forest can still grow atop of it. Furthermore, he even reported to the police when he discovered that waste was disposed on the land by others. The administration in response emphasized that they have no prejudice as to what is buried underneath, but if any violation are to be found, they will hand the case over to the prosecutors.



大型怪手一早就定位，早上十點時間一到，工作人員開始進行開挖動作，為了釐清國民黨總統候選人韓國瑜岳父李日貴，過去經營大通砂石場舊址，是否有回填不明廢棄物，國產署會同各單位上午進行開挖。

國產署中區分署長 趙子賢表示：「委員質疑這塊地有被掩埋廢棄物，我們基於土地管理機關立場來確認，看是不是真的有遭掩埋廢棄物，我們照正常一般程序走作業，並沒有為了特定事情，或特定個人。」

國產屬表示，18日預計會開挖37處，並在下週一進行土壤採樣送驗，但土壤檢驗結果最快一個月才會出爐，也強調此時開挖，是為了釐清真相依程序辦理，對此雲林縣議員李明哲表示，選在這時間開挖，就是企圖影響總統大選的結果。

雲林縣議員 李明哲 (李佳芬胞弟)表示：「選舉只剩下20多天，我們這土地，也早早就完成點交，如果點交有問題的話，國產署應該早早表示意見，而不是配合某些政治打手，在這時候進行操作，嚴重影響選舉結果。」

李明哲表示，李家砂石場退場快要20年，若真的有回填任何有害物質，怎可能還長出一片樹林，加上過去幾年有被人傾倒廢棄物，他還報警處理，也質疑此時開挖動作，而國產署則強調，對地下埋什麼東西，並沒有預設立場，但若有違反規定後續都將交給檢調來認定。