Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) presidential candidate Ma Ying-jeou (
Ma made the remarks when approached about a report in the Chinese-language China Times.
The paper quoted anonymous sources from the pan-blue camp as saying that Lee "understood" and "accepted" Siew's decision to be Ma's running mate after Siew, who is close to Lee, met with Lee on the eve of Ma's announcement.
"Siew is an honest man," Ma said at a Taipei book release. "It is perfectly natural that he would meet Lee."
Ma declined, however, to reveal what Siew and Lee talked about during their meeting. He also dismissed the newspaper's claim that the Siew-Lee meeting could cause pan-blue supporters to question Siew's political affiliation because Lee has been on poor terms with the pan-blue camp since the KMT lost the presidency to the Democratic Progressive Party in 2000.
Chien Cheng-shan (
At the book launch, the KMT presidential candidate presented a book detailing his reflections during a 10-day bike tour in May that took him from the south to the north of the country.
Saying that he began the journey with an aim to find "the force that drives Taiwan forward," Ma said he had gained insight into the core values of the public, which he said are diligence, perseverance, tolerance and refusal to take defeat.
Ma said he would incorporate these values in his platform.
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