Lai Ruei-long to Sue Wu Tzu-chia for Vulgar Tirade

Taiwanese legislator Lai Ruei-long is taking legal action against Wu Tzu-chia, chairman of the Isola di Formosa Electronic News, after Wu used vulgar language and insults against Lai during a television program. Lai's campaign office announced on July 8 that it would hire lawyers to file a lawsuit.

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Lai Ruei-long, you are running for Kaohsiung mayor, wow x your mother, wow x your mother!

A video clip released on social media showed Wu Tzu-chia making offensive remarks about Lai, a candidate for Kaohsiung mayor, including profanity directed at Lai's mother. The incident sparked outrage among viewers, with many calling for legal action against Wu for public insult.

Lai's campaign office issued a strong condemnation of Wu's statements, which they described as humiliating, demeaning to women, and threatening. The office emphasized that media professionals have a responsibility to use their platforms for rational public discourse based on facts, rather than spreading insults and negative examples.

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This can be sued, right? How can Taiwan tolerate such public insults, spewing curses without restraint? Extremely hateful!

The office stated that Lai deeply regrets that media figures, who hold significant public communication resources, would use their platforms to disseminate such harmful rhetoric. They are pursuing legal action to hold Wu accountable for his actions.

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Regarding Isola di Formosa Electronic News chairman Wu Tzu-chia's recent use of humiliating language on a program, insulting individuals and women, even involving derogatory remarks about women's dignity and threats, Lai Ruei-long deeply feels that media professionals, who possess public communication resources, bear the important responsibility of promoting public discussion and upholding social values.