Sean Lien (
Lien insisted, however, that he would still file a lawsuit against the Chinese-language Next Magazine for defamation over its report which Lien dismissed as false.
Lien announced on Dec. 30 that he and Patty Tsai (
The report, however, alleged that Lien and Tsai's actual wedding would be held in Hawaii on Monday, as Lien had booked 45 rooms at the Four Seasons Hotel and Resort for five nights to accommodate his relatives and friends with total costs estimated at NT$ 5 million (US$ 154,083).
KMT Legislator Hsieh Kuo-liang (
Hsieh Hsin-ni (
"Would he give up marrying Tsai if it was said that Tsai agreed to marry him because he is rich?" she said.
"We are not criticizing Lien for his extravagance. Rather, Lien is under fire because his deeds do not conform with his words," DPP Legislator Wang Shih-cheng (王世堅) said.
Wang was referring to Lien Sheng-wen's previous remarks that he would hold a "modest party" for his wedding.
But KMT Legislator Chu Feng-chi (
Chu said that Lien arranged the wedding at his own expense, which is different from the case of the president's son Chen Chih-chung (
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