Citizen groups involved in a campaign to recall Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) legislators have reported multiple confrontations with opponents in the past few days.
Video of an event outside the Hualien Railway Station showed a woman calling volunteers seeking signatures to recall KMT caucus whip Fu Kun-chi “garbage” and “useless.”
In the video, taken over the weekend and shared by YouTuber “Pa Chiung” (八炯), a man also yelled insults at volunteers.
Photo: Wang Chin-yi, Taipei Times
Police officers on Tuesday last week questioned a woman who allegedly attacked a volunteer outside a post office in Hualien City.
The volunteer said she was struck from behind by the woman before the alleged assailant ran into the post office.
The woman allegedly returned on a scooter, brushing the wheel of the vehicle near the volunteer, who sustained a minor foot injury, the volunteer said.
Police said the woman admitted to hitting the volunteer, citing political differences.
She could face assault charges, police said.
Recall campaigners elsewhere also reported incidents of intimidation, harassment and the destruction of property by opponents.
The group spearheading efforts to oust KMT Legislator Lo Ting-wei (羅廷瑋) said they filed reports with police, after a passing motorist yelled insults at them during a recall drive in Taichung.
They also reported that a banner promoting the recall drive had been cut down.
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