The China Post
Date: June 15, 2016
By: Yuan-Ming Chiao

TAIPEI, Taiwan — A Taipei City councilor Tuesday accused Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) of attempting to plug a municipal government media leak by employing lie detector tests, calling the move a return to the “White Terror” era. The term is used to describe Taiwan’s one party rule during the Cold War in which political opposition was put down, often using violent, extrajudicial means.

The leak concerned an internal municipal “poll” conducted in April in which councilors were asked by Ko’s administration how the Taipei Dome project should proceed. The results were subsequently leaked to online media, with Ko vowing to track down its source.

Questioned by Councilor Hsu Shu-hua (許淑華) on the matter, Ko admitted that lie detector tests were carried out to track down those who violated administrative orders. City officials contracted a private company to conduct lie detector tests to root out the mole, questioning as many as 18 municipal officials.

An aide to Deputy Mayor Charles Lin (林欽榮), surnamed Huang, refused to comply with the lie detector test and subsequently resigned. Ko confirmed that those who were unwilling to cooperate with the testing were asked to resign. He confirmed during a council session on Monday that the person responsible for the leak “had been dealt with.”     [FULL  STORY]