Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Chu Chun-hsiao (朱俊曉), who lost to his Democratic Progressive Party rival Yu Tien (余天) in Saturday's legislative election, said yesterday that he would file a lawsuit to annul Yu's election.
"The police, through monitoring phone calls of borough wardens, discovered that some of the borough wardens supporting me were threatened," Chu told the Taipei Times in a telephone interview. "After the Central Election Commission makes public the official list of legislators-elect, I will file a lawsuit to annul Yu's election because of such campaign irregularities."
Chu declined to disclose more details about his allegations as "the police are conducting an investigation into the cases."
Yu, who received 75,212 votes, won by a margin of 1,926 votes in the election. Yu is a veteran singer and newcomer to politics, while Chu is a long-time politician and serving legislator.
The Chinese-language United Daily News reported on Wednesday that a borough warden, Chuang Chin-lung (
But Chuang's wife, Tsai Shih-chen (
Yu was not available for comment yesterday. However, a staff member at his campaign office said on condition of anonymity that Chu's allegations were "made up" to exact revenge.
Meanwhile, KMT candidate Wu Cherng-dean (
Wu said yesterday that he originally wanted to apply for a vote recount, but believed that a recount would not necessarily overturn the election result.
Wu said he did not believe the ballots had been miscounted, but that he lost because of vote-buying and would file a lawsuit.
Wu said he had heard that some candidates had handed out jewelry and cash worth between NT$3,000 and NT$5,000 to voters.
ADDITIONAL REPORTING SHIH HSIAO-KUANG
TRAFFIC SAFETY RULES: A positive result in a drug test would result in a two-year license suspension for the driver and vehicle, and a fine of up to NT$180,000 The Ministry of Transportation and Communications is to authorize police to conduct roadside saliva tests by the end of the year to deter people from driving while under the influence of narcotics, it said yesterday. The ministry last month unveiled a draft of amended regulations governing traffic safety rules and penalties, which included provisions empowering police to conduct mandatory saliva tests on drivers. While currently rules authorize police to use oral fluid testing kits for signs of drug use, they do not establish penalties for noncompliance or operating procedures for officers to follow, the ministry said. The proposed changes to the regulations require
The Executive Yuan yesterday announced that registration for a one-time universal NT$10,000 cash handout to help people in Taiwan survive US tariffs and inflation would start on Nov. 5, with payouts available as early as Nov. 12. Who is eligible for the handout? Registered Taiwanese nationals are eligible, including those born in Taiwan before April 30 next year with a birth certificate. Non-registered nationals with residence permits, foreign permanent residents and foreign spouses of Taiwanese citizens with residence permits also qualify for the handouts. For people who meet the eligibility requirements, but passed away between yesterday and April 30 next year, surviving family members
Taiwanese officials are courting podcasters and influencers aligned with US President Donald Trump as they grow more worried the US leader could undermine Taiwanese interests in talks with China, people familiar with the matter said. Trump has said Taiwan would likely be on the agenda when he is expected to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) next week in a bid to resolve persistent trade tensions. China has asked the White House to officially declare it “opposes” Taiwanese independence, Bloomberg reported last month, a concession that would mark a major diplomatic win for Beijing. President William Lai (賴清德) and his top officials
The German city of Hamburg on Oct. 14 named a bridge “Kaohsiung-Brucke” after the Taiwanese city of Kaohsiung. The footbridge, formerly known as F566, is to the east of the Speicherstadt, the world’s largest warehouse district, and connects the Dar-es-Salaam-Platz to the Brooktorpromenade near the Port of Hamburg on the Elbe River. Timo Fischer, a Free Democratic Party member of the Hamburg-Mitte District Assembly, in May last year proposed the name change with support from members of the Social Democratic Party and the Christian Democratic Union. Kaohsiung and Hamburg in 1999 inked a sister city agreement, but despite more than a quarter-century of
RSS