POLITICAL MANUEVER?An online message alleges that the DPP has been quiet about the water park tragedy because of its financial links to the party

Taipei Times
Date: Jul 02, 2015
By: Loa Iok-sin  /  Staff reporter

The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) yesterday asked police to investigate an online rumor alleging that the general manager of the Formosa Fun Coast (八仙海岸) water park in New Taipei City is a financial supporter of the party.

The water park is the site of an explosion on Saturday that injured nearly 500 people and killed one person.

“While the entire nation prays and tries by all means to help victims of the explosion, there are politically calculating people who are taking advantage of the tragedy by making false accusations against the DPP,” Huang Di-ying (黃帝穎), a lawyer, said outside the Taipei Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Division headquarters before going inside to file a police report.     [FULL  STORY]