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KMT Accuses DPP's Su Chiao-hui of Missing Museum Inspection, Citing Lack of Action for New Taipei

From Liberty Times · () Chinese

Translated from Chinese, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • A political dispute has emerged in New Taipei City over the proposed National Museum of Indigenous Peoples, with the KMT candidate's campaign accusing the DPP's Su Chiao-hui of inaction.
  • Su's office claims she is actively seeking to have the museum relocated to Yingge, New Taipei City, after its original planned site was moved to Kaohsiung by the DPP government.
  • The KMT campaign criticizes Su for missing a legislative committee's site inspection of the museum's progress in Kaohsiung, questioning her commitment.

A political spat has erupted over the National Museum of Indigenous Peoples, with the campaign for KMT New Taipei City mayoral candidate Lee Chuan-fu accusing incumbent DPP legislator Su Chiao-hui of failing to secure the museum for the city.

Su Chiao-hui has been actively seeking to have the National Museum of Indigenous Peoples relocated to Yingge.

— Su Chiao-hui's officeThis statement from Su's office defends her actions regarding the museum's location.

Lee's campaign spokesperson, Wu Liang-hsien, stated that the museum was originally slated for the Sanying area of New Taipei City but was moved to Kaohsiung by the DPP government in 2017. Wu criticized Su, a member of the Legislative Yuan's Interior Committee and a legislator representing the Sanying district, for not taking concrete action to keep the museum in New Taipei.

As a member of the Interior Committee, Su Chiao-hui chose to be absent from today's inspection of the National Museum of Indigenous Peoples.

— Wu Liang-hsienWu Liang-hsien, spokesperson for Lee Chuan-fu's campaign, criticized Su for missing a key legislative inspection related to the museum.

Su's office responded that she has been actively working to have the museum relocated to Yingge, a district within Sanying. However, Wu pointed out that Su was absent from a legislative committee inspection of the museum's progress and its related indigenous cultural activities in Kaohsiung on October 10. "She shouts about fighting for it, but she is absent," Wu stated, accusing her of hypocrisy.

She shouts about fighting for it, but she is absent. She says one thing and does another.

— Wu Liang-hsienWu Liang-hsien accused Su Chiao-hui of hypocrisy for claiming to advocate for the museum's placement in New Taipei while missing an important inspection.

Wu further challenged Su's claims, arguing that the museum was initially announced for Sanying in 2015, and it was the DPP government that moved it to Kaohsiung. He questioned whether Su was now defending the DPP's decision to relocate the museum. Additionally, Wu cited legislative records showing Su voted against an increase in compensation for forest closure, contrasting her stance with that of DPP indigenous legislators Chen Ying and Wu Li-hua, who he said voted in favor based on public opinion.

Su's campaign office's response today is like pouring oil on the fire, with two serious logical errors.

— Wu Liang-hsienWu Liang-hsien criticized the reasoning provided by Su Chiao-hui's office regarding her efforts to secure the museum.
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Originally published by Liberty Times in Chinese. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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