..."Ku later admitted that he had rented two buses to transport voters to an election rally for Huang on the eve of the election and paid them on the return trip from the rally for their votes for "a candidate in the Kaohsiung mayoral election and a Kaohsiung City councillor candidate".
The court found that although the two defendants admitted they had paid NT $500 per person, the money should be considered payment for time and energy spent at the rally, rather than as a bribe as defined under the Public Officials Election and Recall law.
The court said that payment made at campaign events organised by groups to solicit support for a specific candidate are not equivalent to vote-buying."...
Page 3, Taipei Times - Friday November 30, 2007
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