Wan Mei-ling’s Son Registers for Council Race Despite Controversies, Commentator Asks if He Deserves Public Power

Ssu Kuang-yang, the son of Kuomintang legislator Wan Mei-ling, has registered to run for the Taoyuan City Council despite a series of controversies surrounding him.

Ssu went to the Taoyuan City Election Commission to register as a candidate. Media commentator Wu Ching-i sharply questioned whether someone facing accusations of bullying, humiliation and threats should be given public power.

Wu cited former classmates’ allegations of school bullying and degrading nicknames for a female student. She also referred to accusations involving online betting in high school, suspected cheating at university, a military-service dispute and messages to a former girlfriend that allegedly included insults, humiliation and references to his life and his status as a legislator’s son as emotional pressure.

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Is this really the kind of person who should be given public power?

Ssu has publicly apologized for some past behavior while denying several other allegations. Wu argued that the number of accusations, involving different periods and people, could not all be dismissed as “smears.”

Wu also criticized the political path Ssu took after giving up the Kuomintang nomination in July. He registered as an independent in September and said he would help the Kuomintang retain its council seat. His campaign headquarters is located at a former constituency office associated with his mother, which Wu described as evidence that the family’s political resources remained available despite the change in party status.

Wu called on Wan to answer questions about allegations that her son possessed cannabis vape cartridges and might have brought drugs onto a school campus. She said Taoyuan residents wanted answers rather than repeated apologies and what she called “smoke screens.”

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Taoyuan residents want answers, not one fake apology after another and real smoke screens.