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Refusing settlement! Teacher criticizes KMT officials who dragged her out, accusing them of 'lying through their teeth'

From Liberty Times · () Chinese

Translated from Chinese, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • An 80-year-old retired teacher, known as "Teacher Ye Ba," refused to settle a legal dispute with two Kuomintang (KMT) party officials.
  • The officials had forcibly removed her from a public event after she criticized KMT legislator Fu Kun-chi.
  • She insists the officials lied in court and did not genuinely acknowledge their wrongdoing, despite offering apologies.

An 80-year-old retired teacher, affectionately known as "Teacher Ye Ba," has rejected a settlement in her legal case against two Kuomintang (KMT) party officials who forcibly removed her from a public event. The incident occurred last year when the teacher publicly criticized KMT legislator Fu Kun-chi.

They are lying in court and making a mess of things, only saying sorry but not admitting their mistakes. This is meaningless.

— Teacher Ye Chun-lienExpressing her dissatisfaction with the defendants' lack of genuine remorse.

The Hualien District Court had previously sentenced the KMT's Hualien County Deputy Chairman Yu Ming-huo and party worker Hsiung Ai-lien to 50 and 30 days of detention, respectively, for the incident. However, Teacher Ye stated that the defendants' accounts in court and in official records were entirely inconsistent with the facts, describing them as "outright lies."

If the poster had said KMT, I absolutely would not have gone in.

— Teacher Ye Chun-lienExplaining her reason for entering the event venue.

She explained that while the officials offered apologies, they failed to acknowledge their mistakes. "Saying sorry without admitting fault is meaningless," she asserted, emphasizing her belief that a genuine apology requires first recognizing wrongdoing. She recounted that during mediation attempts, she saw video footage showing someone making a threatening gesture towards her, which she found disrespectful and unacceptable.

Don't keep doing bad things everywhere.

— Teacher Ye Chun-lienRecounting what she said to Fu Kun-chi.

Teacher Ye also contested the KMT's portrayal of her actions. The party claimed she was "roaring and yelling" at the event, but she stated she entered the venue believing it was a tree-planting event, not a KMT political gathering. She was moved to speak out after hearing Fu Kun-chi harshly criticize the Democratic Progressive Party and President Lai Ching-te, actions she felt compelled to address as an educator. She also refuted claims that she tripped a party worker, stating she was actually attempting to help the person who fell due to instability.

They described me like a crazy person.

— Teacher Ye Chun-lienReacting to how the KMT party officials characterized her actions.
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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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