Chapter 10 Section 08 His "Jiangshan" - Pulling out the mountains and rivers to pull out Chen Shui-bian's "Jiangshan" in Taipei City

Li Qingyuan Some people say that Chen Shui-bian's "country" was pulled out of Taipei City due to the unfortunate incident. Such a statement seems a bit exaggerated, but if we can understand the cause and effect of this incident, we will find that this is how Chen Shui-bian lost his "world". On the day of October 25, 1997, the propaganda banner of "Pull the Mountains and Rivers—Ten Thousands of People Wrestle in Autumn in Taipei City" was still flying in the streets and alleys of Taipei City, and tens of thousands of people made a sensational appearance in the Keelung Riverside Sports Park In the tug-of-war, there was a bloody broken arm incident.

As many as fifty-three participants were slightly or severely injured in this incident.Among them, Chen Mingguo and Yang Jiongming, who were the most serious, had their left arms severed; Pu Qing's liver was lacerated and bleeding.In addition, Zhu Yongchuan suffered a laceration of his right hand; Hong Liling suffered a left clavicle fracture, chest contusion, and head trauma; Zhang Zhonghou had an open fracture of his right wrist, and Sun Ganlin's head was congested and swollen. This tragedy was presented in the media with blood, which frightened some people to dare not eat pork knuckles for a period of time.

Of course, the city government should take care of and settle the compensation for the injured people who participated in the battle. The problem is that the mayor, Chen Shui-bian, handled the aftermath in a way that violated laws and disciplines. The first big problem that arises is the payment process of condolences, compensation, and medical, rehabilitation, and nursing expenses. From October 1997 when he was engaged in the development to December 1998 when Chen Shui-bian left office, in order to resolve this matter, Chen Shui-bian used people's tax money as high as NT$39,467,000. After Ma Ying-jeou took over as mayor, based on the principle of continuation of the legal person, Chen Shui-bian continued to use the second reserve fund of 4.05 million yuan in 1999 to support the victims' medical and rehabilitation expenses. , the support of the city government must be borne forever, because Chen Shui-bian promised in white, red and black letters that he will take care of them for a lifetime in terms of medical treatment, rehabilitation, and even work.

People who don't know the truth will think that Chen Shui-bian's actions are right, he has a heart of "loving the people like a son", and is willing to stand up and act in a way that violates laws and disciplines to fully meet the demands of the victims. But in fact it is not the case.For example, the criteria for distributing consultant money are different. The two people with the most serious broken arms were each awarded 200,000 yuan, but Sun Ganlin, whose neck was congested and swollen, was awarded 250,000 yuan.Pu Qingpang, Zhu Yongchuan, and Hong Liling received another 200,000 yuan.The rest of the victims were all paid $50,000.

Illegal distribution of compensation money Du Youyou public opinion The process of distributing the compensation has been controversial. In order to immediately silence the public, and even hope that the victims would speak well of Chen Shui-bian, he arbitrarily distributed compensation in a way that exceeded legal norms.In fact, Chen Shui-bian should actively assist the victims to apply for government compensation for the "administration according to law", but the application for government compensation took a long time, and Chen Shui-bian was afraid that things would change over time and attract more criticism, so he tried his best to expand the authority of the mayor to "do things cheaply" .Furthermore, if the victim applies for compensation from the government, after the victim receives the compensation according to law, the relevant city government officials, including Chen Shui-bian, shall be liable for administrative negligence and compensation from the government according to law.In other words, if Chen Shui-bian assists the people to take the path of government compensation, he is throwing a brick at his own foot.Because when the victim's government successfully compensates, the Chen Shui-bian city government team may collapse in order to assume administrative and compensation responsibilities.

Therefore, Chen Shui-bian chose the "illegal" way, using his second reserve fund (commonly known as the mayor's pocket fund) to pay a large amount of compensation. Among them, Chen Mingguo and Yang Jiongming each received 6 million yuan in compensation for a broken arm, Pu Qingpang who suffered a liver laceration and internal bleeding received 8 million yuan in compensation, and Zhu Yongchuan who suffered a torn right hand received 4.5 million yuan in compensation. Of course, in addition to this compensation, Chen Shui-bian promised them medical treatment and rehabilitation for the rest of his life, and promoted one of the injured civil servants who worked in the district office to three grades, which seriously damaged the government personnel system. It is not surprising that a civil servant who is injured in a public tug-of-war can be promoted quickly if he is unfortunately injured.

The problem is that Chen Shui-bian's distribution of compensation is basically without standards.For example, Sun Ganlin, who paid the most condolences, did not receive half of the compensation.Because of the lack of standards, Zhang Zhonghou, another injured citizen with an open fracture of his right wrist, was dissatisfied. Chen Shui-bian and Luo Wenjia, who was the head of the news department at the time of the incident, and others were sued in the Taipei City District Court. This state of affairs may sue Chen Shui-bian for "defeat", because Chen Shui-bian managed to spend more than 30 million yuan in the way of operating under the counter. When the fight started, Zhang Zhonghou, the "Cheng Yaojin", came out.

In the case of winning the election and treating the people's tax money as nothing, Chen Shui-bian, who asked for leave to run for the election, appointed Lin Jiacheng, then deputy mayor, to sign the "Sorrowful Meidun Letter" (that is, the surrender letter) with Zhang Zhonghou. The time was November 27, 1998, only one week before the mayoral election day. At the same time, Chen Shui-bian and others also received a letter of non-prosecution from the prosecutor of the Taipei District Court Prosecutor's Office on the eve of the Mayor's voting on December 4, 1998. Sacrificing everything for the taxpayer to win the election

The content of the agreement between Chen Shui-bian and Zhang Zhonghou is mainly divided into four points: One is that Chen Shui-bian compensated Zhang Zhonghou with five million yuan from the people's tax money. Second, the city government will fully bear all the necessary medical and rehabilitation expenses for Zhang Zhonghou in the future. The third is that the municipal government assists Zhang Zhonghou in employment and guarantees the continuation of Zhang Zhonghou's work until Zhang Zhonghou resigns voluntarily or must resign according to laws and regulations. Fourth, Zhang Zhonghou withdrew the original complaint.

If the general public looks at this agreement rationally, they will find that Chen Shui-bian can secretly and arbitrarily sacrifice the rights and interests of taxpayers in order to win the mayor's election, and sign such a completely unreasonable agreement. For injuries caused by sexual fractures, the city government has to pay 5 million yuan in compensation, and must also guarantee a lifetime job, so the current government regulations can be completely suspended.If Chen Shui-bian is really sincere, why didn't he use his own "Formosa Foundation" money to pay for it?It should not be an exaggeration to describe Chen Shui-bian's actions as "absurd, doing whatever he wants".

Who dares to imagine that one day Chen Shui-bian will not secretly sacrifice the rights and interests of the entire Taiwanese people with a paper agreement in order to achieve his own fame and fortune? What is injustice is that Hong Liling, who had a broken left collarbone and was more seriously injured than Zhang Zhonghou, only received 200,000 yuan in condolence money because she did not know how to sue Chen Shuibian.Is this the fairness and justice that Chen Shuiping talks about every day? Indigenous people are worthless if they die for the public In particular, after the "Pull the Mountains and Rivers" incident, on May 12, 1998, two Ami aborigines who participated in the city government's dragon boat team actively practiced and prepared to represent Taipei to participate in the competition held in mainland China. During the Dragon Boat Race in Fuzhou, unfortunately, before the race, they fell into the water and drowned in Bitan, Xindian. As a result, each person was only paid one million yuan in relief money.Comparing this standard with the city government's model of handling the "Forcing Mountains and Rivers" incident, the standards are seriously different, and dying for the public is far worse than the injured.Chen Shui-bian keeps saying that he values ​​the rights of aborigines. Is it true or false?Very clear. In his capacity as mayor, Chen Shui-bian set a precedent and model of compensation such as "strengthening the mountains and rivers". Mayor Ma Ying-jeou, who declared "administration according to law", never dared to follow up.For example, in January 2004, when Xinyi Elementary School was improperly constructed and a student was crushed to death by a Xiaoshanmao bulldozer, Ma Ying-jeou only repeatedly declared that he would actively assist the parents of the students to apply for compensation from the government.But according to the principle of "legal person continuation", Ma Ying-jeou should continue Chen Shui-bian's style, but does Ma Ying-jeou dare?Is a schoolchild's life worth less than a grown man's broken wrist or broken arm?Ma Ying-jeou only dared to say that in the future when the city government holds activities, it will add 2 million accident insurance for the participants. Chen Shui-bian's responsibility for the misfortune of holding the "Tug-of-War" was slightly mentioned in the non-prosecution letter of the Taipei District Court Prosecutor's Office: "The defendant should pay attention to hiring experts to test the safety of the rope structure in advance to ensure that the people participating in the tug-of-war competition are not accidentally injured, and He was able to pay attention but neglected to pay attention. He used the tug-of-war rope rashly without any inspection beforehand. As a result, the tug-of-war rope broke during the competition due to insufficient tensile strength, causing many people to be injured... because the defendants were all involved in business negligence Injury..." (Note: Since Zhang Zhonghou withdrew his plaintiff, no prosecution will be filed.) In fact, Chen Shui-bian's business negligence involved not only not testing the ropes in advance, but also not adding public accident insurance for the participants. This is common sense that the city government should pay attention to.And this also led to the city government being criticized for negligence after the incident, and was forced to pay a higher amount of people's tax money to deal with the aftermath. In the end, I conclude with a short commentary from "China Times" on October 27, 1997, ""Strike the mountains and rivers" and something happened again": "What should really be reviewed and reflected...it highlights the current situation in many places. The government, with the mentality of showing off with big money and large-scale activities at every turn, has resulted in big and unreasonable things, and at the same time increased the chance of accidents... The ordinary tug-of-war suddenly expanded to tens of thousands of people. The scale of the number of people is indeed unprecedented, but an accident happened It's also scary." Judging from the process of "pull the mountains and rivers" to pull out Chen Shui-bian's "rivers and mountains" in Taipei City, the price of putting on a show is very expensive.