Kaohsiung vows action in wake of riot

Aboriginal Legislator Liao Kuo-tung (廖國棟) of the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) said that it did not make sense for the government to import large number of foreign laborer while the nation's unemployment rate was high.

Meanwhile, Cabinet Spokesman Cho Jung-tai (卓榮泰) yesterday spoke on behalf of Hsieh in response to allegations concerning the "high-ranking DPP official."

"The Kaohsiung City Government was only responsible for making sure that all the construction projects were completed on time. Nothing more and nothing less," Cho said. "Nobody had tried to talk to the premier who was then the Kaohsiung City mayor about this issue. Such a person never existed."

Critics have also lambasted Hsieh over his alleged indifference to foreign laborer' being treated like slaves. Cho said that it was not a problem of negligence.

"No foreign laborers have been complaining about the way they have been treated. That is also a fact," he said.

Additional reporting by Jimmy Chuang