‘SAGACIOUS’:A KMT official slammed Yang Wei-chung for being ‘the sword and hired thug of the Democratic Progressive Party’ and defended the KMT’s decision to oust him
Taipei Times
Date: Aug 20, 2016
By: Yang Chun-hui, Shih Hsiao-kuang and William Hetherington / Staff reporters, with staff writer
A former Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) member, who was sacked in June for his outspokenness, has confirmed plans to join a committee investigating the party’s illegal assets, drawing fire from KMT members.
Committee of Illegal Party Asset Settlement chairman Wellington Koo (顧立雄) on Thursday said that he consulted with former KMT spokesman Yang Wei-chung (楊偉中) last week and invited him to join the committee.
Koo said that Yang immediately agreed, saying that he has always advocated honest handling of the KMT party assets issue, but had no way to push for reform from within the party.
Yang confirmed the meeting with Koo and expressed his desire to promote the handling of the KMT’s assets and other transitional justice measures. [FULL STORY]