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Lin Zi-miao
Lin Zi-miao
林姿妙
	Official portrait, 2010
11th Magistrate of Yilan
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 25 December 2018
Deputy	See list Lin Jian-rong; Lin Mao-shen;
Preceded by	Chen Chin-te (acting)
11th Mayor of Luodong
	In office; 1 March 2010 – 25 December 2018
Preceded by	Lin Tsung-hsien; Lai Hsi-lu (acting)
Succeeded by	Wu Chiu-lin
Yilan County Councillor
	In office; 1 Match 1998 – 28 February 2010
Constituency	Yilan County VI
Personal details
Born	28 January 1952 (age 72); Luodong, Yilan, Taiwan
Nationality	Taiwan
Political party	Kuomintang

Lin Zi-miao (Chinese: 林姿妙; pinyin: Lín Zīmiào; born 28 January 1952) is a Taiwanese politician. She is the magistrate of Yilan County since 25 December 2018.

Political career

Lin was mayor of her home township Luodong until 2018.^[1]^[2]

2018 Yilan County magistrate election

She began campaigning for the Yilan County Magistracy in early 2018, and won stronger local support compared to her opponent, Chen Ou-po.^[3]^[4]

2018 Kuomintang Yilan County magistrate primary results
Candidates	Place	Result
Lin Zi-miao	Called In	Walkover

Lin defeated Chen in local elections held on 24 November 2018.^[5]

2018 Yilan County mayoral results^[6]
No.	Candidate	Party	Votes	Percentage
1	Lin Hsin-hua (林信華)	Independent	27,399	10.95%
2	Lin Zi-miao	Kuomintang	123,767	49.48%
3	Chen Ou-po	Democratic Progressive Party	95,609	38.23%
4	Lin Jin-kun (林錦坤)	Independent	1,922	0.77%
5	Chen Qiu-jing (陳秋境)	Independent	1,424	0.57%
Total voters			373,510
Valid votes			250,121
Invalid votes
Voter turnout			66.97%

Controversy

On 13 January 2022, Lin was one of several Yilan government officials questioned during an investigation into suspected corruption.^[7]^[8] Prosecutors clarified the next day that several cases were being investigated, and that Lin had been released without bail after the questioning concluded.^[9] A second round of questioning took place on 22 February 2022, focusing on value-added tax exemptions for a Luodong Township property granted in 2019, and subsequent revisions to the township’s urban development plans.^[10]^[11] Investigators later stated that they had tracked nearly NT$100 million in transfers, dating to the early 2000s, to Lin and her relatives from Yang Chi-hsiung.^[12] In August 2022, the Yilan County Prosecutors’ Office charged Lin, her daughter, and several others with corruption.^[13]

References

^ Hsu, Stacy (22 February 2018). "Chang Hsien-yao announces Taipei bid". Taipei Times. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
^ Hsiao, Sherry (9 March 2018). "Women's Day: KMT says it improved gender equality in politics". Taipei Times. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
^ Lin, Sheng-liang (14 May 2018). "KMT aims to double leadership posts in polls". Taipei Times. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
^ Yang, Chun-hui (8 October 2018). "ELECTIONS: DPP plans to address weak areas". Taipei Times.
^ Wang, Yi-ru; Ko, Lin (24 November 2018). "Kuomintang takes Yilan in county magistrate race". Central News Agency. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
^ "2018 Local Elections". Archived from the original on 2018-11-24. Retrieved 2018-11-25.
^ Shen, Ju-feng; Lo, James (13 January 2022). "Prosecutors question Yilan county magistrate in corruption probe". Central News Agency. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
^ Lin, Ching-lun; Chiang, Chih-hsiung; Chung, Jake (14 January 2022). "Yilan County Commissioner Lin Zi-miao and others probed for corruption". Taipei Times. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
^ Shen, Ju-feng; Yen, William (14 January 2022). "Yilan County chief questioned in alleged corruption case". Central News Agency. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
^ Lin, Ching-lun; Chin, Jonathan (23 February 2022). "Yilan County's Lin Zi-miao is questioned again". Taipei Times. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
^ Pan, Jason (24 February 2022). "Yilan's Lin Zi-miao released on bail". Taipei Times. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
^ Pan, Jason (19 April 2022). "Yilan commissioner Lin cries foul". Taipei Times. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
^ Wang, Yang-yu; Wang, Cheng-chung; Shen, Ju-feng; Wang, Chao-yu; Ko, Lin (23 August 2022). "Yilan County chief charged with corruption in land tax exemption case". Retrieved 23 August 2022. Republished as: Chin, Jonathan (24 August 2022). "Yilan official, daughter charged with corruption". Taipei Times. Retrieved 24 August 2022.