‘CLAPPING’ THE ENEMY:Lu said that Lien’s attendance of Beijing’s military parade was ‘ridiculous’ and that his 2005 trip to China had diminished Taiwan’s national identity
Taipei Times
Date: Sep 10, 2015
By: Chang Hsiu-ti / Staff reporter
Former vice president Lien Chan (連戰), of the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT), should be
Former vice president Annette Lu, left, yesterday holds up a newspaper cartoon about former vice president Lien Chan’s visit to Beijing during a public hearing at the Legislative Yuan. Photo: Wang Yi-sung, Taipei Times
prosecuted according to the Criminal Code for colluding with an enemy state, former vice president Annette Lu (呂秀蓮) of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) said yesterday.
The controversy sparked by Lien’s attendance of a military parade in Beijing last week has not dissipated following his return to Taiwan.
Lu made the remarks at a public hearing held by DPP caucus whip Ker Chien-ming (柯建銘), DPP Legislator Yu Mei-nu (尤美女) and Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU) caucus whip Lai Chen-chang (賴振昌), at which they outlined their allegations against Lien.
Because China’s intention to use military force to attack Taiwan remains unchanged, Lien’s attendance of the military parade was as “ridiculous” as “a murderer displaying his weapons and you [Lien] clapping for him,” Lu said. [FULL STORY]
