Chen Shui-bian Slams Online Bullies for Cursing Wife on Her Birthday

Former Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian has fiercely condemned online "cyberbullying" directed at his wife, Wu Shu-chen, on her 73rd birthday. The criticism came after netizens posted hateful comments, including wishes for her death, on social media.

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Too much grievance that cannot be told to outsiders.

Chen shared a family photo on his Facebook page, noting that this birthday was particularly poignant as it was the first since his wife's near-fatal collapse last August. Wu Shu-chen, who has been paralyzed from the waist down for 41 years due to a political car accident, also suffers from intestinal issues and requires constant care. She is unable to eat birthday cake and weighs only 28.5 kilograms.

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Is it necessary, on his wife's birthday, to curse an elderly person who only weighed 28.5 kilograms yesterday and is permanently disabled to death?

Chen expressed his outrage at the online attacks, questioning the necessity of such cruelty towards an elderly, severely disabled individual, regardless of political animosity towards him and his family. He highlighted his son Chen Chih-chung's Facebook post, which spoke of "too much grievance that cannot be told to outsiders," and stated that the collective online curses on his wife's birthday were a profound injustice.

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Are you not almost dead yet?