A New Taipei City councillor from the KMT has been charged with bribing a city official, a blow to his re-election bid with the November local elections just months away.

• Prosecutors indicted Wang Wei-yuan over alleged bribery of an official in the city's market administration office.
• He denies wrongdoing and says he will prove his innocence in court.
• He accuses prosecutors of ignoring evidence in his favor and rushing the case through in two weeks.
• He also claims leaks to the press damaged his campaign while he was barred from speaking publicly.
• The case lands with 94 days to go before voting, and registration for the local elections is about to open.

Outlook: The charge will likely shadow his campaign through the November elections, with the court case stretching well past the vote.