Taipei Times
Date: Sep 10, 2019
By: Ann Maxon / Staff reporter
Kaohsiung Mayor Han Kuo-yu (韓國瑜) yesterday apologized to former president Ma Ying-jeou (馬英
Kaohsiung Mayor Han Kuo-yu, center, holds hands with former president Ma Ying-jeou, right, and Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Wu Den-yih, second left, at his presidential campaign rally in New Taipei City on Sunday.
Photo: CNA
Ma’s introductory remarks were cut short by organizers after supporters grew impatient for Han, who was spotted wading through the crowd in the middle of Ma’s speech, an hour after he was scheduled to appear on stage.
Campaign office deputy chief executive Hsu Shu-hua (許淑華) abruptly curtailed Ma’s speech by announcing it was time for the former president to get some rest backstage, as exit music was played, even though Ma said: “I have not finished yet.”
The way the event organizers ended Ma’s speech earlier than planned was “very regrettable,” Ma’s office said yesterday morning. [FULL STORY]
