Focus Taiwan
Date: 2020/01/05
By: Chen Yun-lu and Evelyn Kao

Taipei, Jan. 5 (CNA) Chang San-cheng (張善政), the vice presidential candidate of the opposition Kuomintang (KMT), expressed concern Sunday over whether President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) supports a controversial remark by her former campaign office spokeswoman that appeared to associate advocating unification with China with treason.

Speaking in a forum during which he exchanged views with some 30 young people, Chang said the key issue involving the controversial remark made by Tsai's former campaign spokeswoman, Lin Ching-yi (林靜儀), does not lie in whether it is related to freedom of speech but in whether Tsai, who is seeking re-election, supports Lin.

Lin of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) said during an interview with German broadcaster Deutsche Welle on Thursday that in terms of national sovereignty, proposing unification with a hostile power like China constitutes treason.

Lin's remark sparked controversy and prompted her to resign as Tsai's campaign spokeswoman the following day. She later apologized on Facebook, saying that her wording in the interview was "not sufficiently precise."    [FULL  STORY]