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https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/focus/breakingnews/2994917
Ko did not call self-rule supporters ‘trash’: TPP
Tzu Yo Shi Bao
By Lee I-chia / Staff reporter 2019-12-01 03:00:00
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From left, Taiwan People’s Party legislative candidate Lee Chin-ying, Hon
Hai Precision Industry Co founder Terry Gou, People First Party Chairman
James Soong and Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je join hands at a campaign event in
support of Lee in New Taipei City yesterday. Photo: CNA
The Taiwan People’s Party （TPP） yesterday said its chairman, Taipei Mayor
Ko Wen-je （柯文哲）, did not say that “those pursuing Taiwanese
independence are all trash.”
The party issued the clarification after Hon Hai Precision Industry founder
Terry Gou （郭台铭） quoted Ko as having made the remark.
Gou, Ko and People First Party （PFP） Chairman James Soong （宋楚瑜）
yesterday shared the stage at a campaign event in New Taipei City to show
their support for Gou’s aide and TPP legislative candidate Lee Chin-ying （李
缙颖）.
Gou said that he has asked Lee, if elected, to not abuse his authority to
profit, such as by allowing illegal gravel mining, or let his wife affect his
political decisions — a remark seemingly directed at Kaohsiung Mayor Han
Kuo-yu （韩国瑜）, the Chinese Nationalist Party’s （KMT） presidential
candidate.
As Ko arrived at the event later than Gou and Soong, he was the last to speak.
He called on voters to support Lee Chin-ying, saying: “Giving Lee Chin-ying
a chance means giving Taiwan and everyone a chance.”
As everyone on stage began chanting slogans in support of Lee Chin-ying, Gou
suddenly said he wanted to say something.
“Major Ko speaks bluntly and straightforwardly ... I admire one of his
recent remarks the most, which was: ‘Those who pursue Taiwanese independence
are all trash,’” Gou said, adding that “we, the ‘Republic of Taiwan camp,
’ definitely will not pursue Taiwanese independence.”
The TPP later in the afternoon issued a statement, saying: “Chairman Terry
Gou’s remark is different from Chairman Ko’s remark. Chairman Ko has never
said ‘those pursuing Taiwanese independence are all trash.’”
Ko only criticized a specific pro-independence advocate because his family
has all immigrated to New Zealand, yet he still holds fundraising banquets in
Taiwan every year, the statement said.
Separately yesterday, Ko said he had never said that “those pursuing
Taiwanese independence are all trash.”
“Some of those people pursuing Taiwanese independence are liars, but not all
of them are liars,” he said, adding that he still admires people who hold on
to their beliefs, like Taiwanese independence advocate Su Beng （史明） did.