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Yang Wen-ke
Yang Wen-ke (traditional Chinese: 楊文科; simplified Chinese: 杨文科; pinyin: Yáng Wénkē; born 22 March 1951) is a Taiwanese politician who is the current magistrate of Hsinchu County since 25 December 2018 after winning the 2018 Taiwanese local elections on 24 November 2018.[1] Political careerHsinchu County deputy magistrateOn 1 October 2016, Yang attended the North Taiwan Regional Development Committee's deputy leaders meeting held at Kinmen to discuss the expanded Taiwan Agricultural Product Joint Sales Exhibition. Yang participated by bringing high-quality agricultural produce from Hsinchu County to the exhibition to help promoting them.[2] 2018 Hsinchu County magistrate electionOn 13 June 2018, the Central Standing Committee of Kuomintang accepted the nomination of Yang as the party's candidate for the 2018 local election.[3]
Bribery investigation and indictmentIn July 2024, following a probe into mismanagement of the Wonder World 520 project that led to several construction site incidents, Hsinchu prosecutors indicted Yang along with other officials on charges of profiting from bribes and abuse of authority in connection with the real estate project in Jhubei.[5] References
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