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Hsinchu County Election Commission disqualifies mayoral candidate

The Hsinchu County Election Commission announced that mayoral candidate Li Zhen-xiu is disqualified from running for mayor of Zhubei City. Election officials stated that Li had not completed the required ten-year period since renouncing mainland Chinese household registration. Li stated intentions to pursue legal remedies, while the immediate outcome of any potential injunction remains unresolved.

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Each position is reported as its publisher stated it. We do not reconcile them.
4 differing positions reported on attribution across 6 publishers; unresolved.
  • mirrormedia新竹縣選委會
  • newtalk李貞秀
  • pts李貞秀
  • ltn游盈隆
  • epochtimes新竹县选委会
  • ettoday李貞秀
2 differing positions reported on location across 6 publishers; unresolved.
  • mirrormedia竹北
  • newtalk竹北
  • pts竹北市長
  • ltn竹北
  • epochtimes新竹县
  • ettoday竹北市長
2 differing positions reported on status across 6 publishers; unresolved.
  • mirrormedia認定
  • newtalk取消
  • pts遭判
  • ltn卡關
  • epochtimes认定
  • ettoday急衝法院提告
WhereHsinchu
24.804, 120.969 ±10 km
First reported18 days ago
Published2026-10-07 07:14 UTC
Occurred2026-10-07
Sources7
How this travelled.
Reports13Independent tellings7
7 independently corroborated tellings.

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Global Event Monitor. Hsinchu County Election Commission disqualifies mayoral candidate. 2026-10-07T07:14:28.807Z. Status: published. urn:global-events-monitor:event:4918. https://global.eventmonitor.net/event/2026-10-07/electoral-exclusion-hsinchu-a094aa72

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