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Former Hsinchu County chief slaps KMT chair at campaign event, blames her for blue-white breakdown

From Liberty Times · () Chinese

Translated from Chinese and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Former Hsinchu County magistrate Fan Chen-tsung publicly berated Kuomintang Chairwoman Cheng Li-wun while campaigning for Hsu Hsin-ying, and reportedly attempted to slap her.
  • Fan accused Cheng of poor strategy and said she would bear responsibility if the election was lost.
  • Activist Chang Yu-meng attributed the confrontation to the breakdown of the KMT-TPP alliance in Hsinchu County and alleged that Cheng and Huang Kuo-chang had treated local races as bargaining chips.

A campaign appearance for Hsinchu County candidate Hsu Hsin-ying descended into a public confrontation when former county magistrate Fan Chen-tsung turned on Kuomintang Chairwoman Cheng Li-wun. Fan accused Cheng of failing to support Hsinchu and, according to activist Chang Yu-meng, even tried to slap her after taking the microphone.

If you lose, the biggest culprit is you!

· Fan Chen-tsungHe directed the accusation at KMT Chairwoman Cheng Li-wun during the campaign event.

Fan first challenged Cheng's description of him as a senior opposition figure in Hsinchu. When Cheng thanked him as a "Hsinchu opposition elder," Fan replied, "I am not in the opposition." Cheng appeared embarrassed and repeated that he was not opposition. Chang then questioned how the KMT could call itself part of the opposition when the KMT and Taiwan People's Party govern Hsinchu County and Hsinchu City.

Fan continued by asking Cheng, "Have you ever come to Hsinchu before? You only came now!" Cheng answered, "Yes, yes!" but Fan rejected the response, saying, "What good is shouting it here? Don't shout. Everyone here supports Hsu Hsin-ying! What good is it for you to shout that?" He also told her that her strategy was wrong and that shouting would not win votes.

I am not in the opposition.

· Fan Chen-tsungHe rejected Cheng's description of him as a senior opposition figure in Hsinchu.

Fan blamed Cheng for internal KMT problems and for failing to manage relations with the TPP. He warned, "If you cannot win the election, you will be held responsible! The biggest culprit is you!" Chang said Cheng could only pat her chest and answer, "Okay!" while Hsu tried to calm Fan. When the host called for opposition unity, Fan reportedly snapped, "Be quiet!"

Have you ever come to Hsinchu before? You only came now!

· Fan Chen-tsungHe criticized Cheng's presence and support at the event.

Chang said Fan's anger stemmed from the formal collapse of the KMT-TPP alliance. KMT candidate Wu Hsu-chih and TPP candidate Chiu Chen-yuan both registered for races in the Hsinchu area that day. Chang accused Cheng and Huang Kuo-chang of negotiating behind closed doors over Hsinchu County and Zhubei City as political trade-offs, asking whether they believed Hsinchu residents would accept such an arrangement.

What good is shouting it here? Don't shout. Everyone here supports Hsu Hsin-ying! What good is it for you to shout that?

· Fan Chen-tsungHe dismissed Cheng's attempt to respond during the confrontation.
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Originally published by Liberty Times in Chinese. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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