Lin Zi-miao Attends Procedural Session at Court 涉貪案地院開庭 林姿妙控檢方編造故事

The second procedural session for Yilan County Magistrate Lin Zi-miao's corruption trial was held on March 13. Lin reasserted her innocence and blasted prosecutors for twisting statements and taking phrases out of context on wiretap recordings to frame her.

A procedural session was held ahead of the start of Yilan County Magistrate Lin Zi-miao's land corruption trial on the 13th. Before the session, Lin again asserted her innocence, saying a phone call between her and former Economic Affairs Department Director Wu Chao-chin that was recorded by prosecutors was being taken out of context to frame her. Wu said the "chair" that she mentioned in the call was the head of the Juang Wei Farmers' Association and not landowner Chen Cheng-hsun.

Lin Zi-miao, Yilan County Magistrate: “It said right there in black and white that the head of the Juang Wei Farmers' Association was changing from Lin Ting-chou to Chen Cheng-hsun. This is a lie and slander.”

Lin is one of 15 defendants in the case that were indicted on Aug. 23 last year. Chen and Chao Feng Enterprise owner Lin Hsi-chin have pled guilty to charges of forgery while the other 13 have pled not guilty.

Lin Yi-ling, Lin Zi-miao's Daughter: “Thank you. (Do you have anything to say about the case?)”

Lin's daughter, Lin Yi-ling, is one of the other defendants. She declined to comment on the 13th. There has been a high turnout at the trial, with former lawmaker Huang Kuo-chang among the crowd. It remains unknown who the legal teams will be summoning for questioning and cross-examination during the trial.

宜蘭縣長林姿妙涉及土地貪瀆等弊案，今天法院再度召開準備程序庭，林姿妙選後再度出庭，開庭前她喊冤，指控檢方一段監聽，是她致電前建設處長吳朝琴，裡面提到的理事長，明明是壯圍鄉農會理事長林听洲，請託穀倉合法一事，不是指地主陳正勳，檢方卻編故事汙衊她。

宜蘭縣長林姿妙說：「明明裡面監聽寫得是，宜蘭縣壯圍鄉農會理事長林听洲，變成陳正勳理事長，這樣編故事給我汙衊。」

林姿妙涉貪案被告共15人，去年8月23日被檢方起訴，前一次法院準備程序庭，陳正勳、兆峰實業公司負責人林錫欽涉偽造文書當庭認罪，其他涉案13人，包含林姿妙均否認犯罪。

針對案情，林姿妙女兒林羿伶僅回應：「謝謝。」

同樣涉案的林姿妙女兒林羿伶，與縣府官員陸續步入法庭，對於媒體詢問，皆低調不願多談，此案也有不少民眾到場旁聽，包括前立委黃國昌也持續追蹤這起案件的審判程序，而法院在準備庭中，將再確認檢辯雙方，是否要申請證據調查？傳那些證人出庭？以利後續召開審理庭。