‘NO BUSINESS OF MINE’Peng said that he was not interested in King’s sexual orientation, but wanted to know why President Ma appointed him to high office
Taipei Times
Date: Sep 22, 2015
By: Jonathan Chin / Staff writer, with CNA
Former National Security Council secretary-general King Pu-tsung (金溥聰) yesterday
Presidential Office senior adviser King Pu-tsung, foreground, leaves the Taiwan High Court in Taipei yesterday, followed by author Neil Peng, holding a smartphone. Photo: CNA
appeared at the Taiwan High Court to appeal his lawsuit against award-winning screenwriter and author Neil Peng (馮光遠) over the latter’s remarks that he has a “special/sexual relationship” (特殊性關係) with President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九).
King is appealing the Taiwan High Court’s ruling earlier this March, which dismissed his charge of criminal libel against Peng.
King is now suing Peng for NT$2 million (US$60,735) for publicly alleging that King climbed the ladders of Taiwanese government due to his “special relationship” with Ma, a phrase that King said meant Peng suspected him of having a “sexual relationship” with Ma.
Both parties appeared in person at the courthouse for the hearing and engaged in heated arguments over the context and syntax of Peng’s phrasing.
King said Peng is claiming in court that the phrase should be read as “special relationship” (特殊性, 關係), despite publicly urging King and Ma to “come out of the closet.” [FULL STORY]
