Investigators have received more material from whistle-blowers implicating Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) Hsinchu mayoral candidate Ann Kao (高虹安), who is accused of wage fraud and profiteering, a former TPP official said yesterday.

Lin Guan-nian (林冠年), who was to represent the party in the mayoral election in Hsinchu County’s Jhubei City (竹北) until his party endorsement was withdrawn because of drunk-driving accusations, told reporters that the material, which allegedly proves that Kao engaged in accounting fraud, had been handed to the Investigation Bureau.

Lin, a former director of the TPP’s Hsinchu County chapter who has quit the party and is running for mayor in Jhubei as an independent, said the documents came from former assistants of Kao.

Taiwan People’s Party Hsinchu mayoral candidate Ann Kao, left, speaks at a news conference in the city yesterday.

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The assistants accused her of financial fraud and corruption, Lin said.

The new accusations add to reports of alleged fraud in Kao’s mayoral campaign by Mirror Media.

“We have received these documents and related material from former office assistants working for Kao,” Lin said.

The assistants had shares of their wages illegally deducted, and Kao spent the money on personal items, Lin said.

Kao was an “autocratic boss” who exploited and oppressed her assistants, Lin said, accusing her of contravening the Labor Standards Act (勞動基準法).

She forced employees to contribute to her personal budget and...