Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Taipei City Councilor William Hsu (徐弘庭) has threatened to take legal action against netizens who posted vitriolic replies on Facebook after he made what was deemed to be a disrespectful remark about Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲).
During Wednesday’s meeting of the Taipei City Council, Hsu said that Ko’s apparent “protection” of former EasyCard Corp chairman Tai Chi-chuan (戴季全) over the issuance of controversial card sets implied that the two men had a “special/sexual” relationship (特殊性關係), prompting a visibly angry Ko to slam his fist on his desk.
His Facebook page has been under siege, with more than 400 abusive messages about his postings on Ko’s handling of the “porn star” EasyCard sets, Hsu said.
Hsu on Thursday said that he would give anyone who had posted an abusive message until Friday to remove the comments or he would sue “every last one of them.”
People First Party legislative candidate Liu Wen-hsiung (劉文雄) took to Facebook to ridicule Hsu.
“Damn it. Don’t you know that I will make you pay dearly for pissing me off? How dare you pound the desk at me? Do you want to see your budgets blocked? Apologize now,” Liu wrote.
Refering to Hsu’s former superior, KMT Central Standing Committee member and former EasyCard chairman Sean Lien (連勝文), Liu wrote: “Those fastidious netizens… Don’t you know that my boss is a ‘prince’? ... How dare you trash my Facebook page and spoil my mood chatting with my female friends. I’ll sue your pants off,” Liu wrote.
Liu’s post drew a quick response from Hsu.
“As a senior politician and a media personality, you have gone too far for the [legislative] elections as to make this futile attempt to read my mind. I didn’t know you could stoop so low,” Hsu wrote.
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