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Ma says DPP may use fake papers against him

Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) presidential candidate Ma Ying-jeou, right, is accompanied by Liao De-cheng,second right, a relative of a 228 victim, while looking at a painting yesterday at the opening of an art exhibition in the Taipei 228 Memorial Museum marking the 61st anniversary of the 228 Incident. PHOTO: CNA

Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) presidential candidate Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) yesterday alleged that the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) may resort to "dirty tricks" and present a fake US passport to continue their attacks against him.

"Some people have warned us that the DPP used a fake audio tape [to accuse then-Kaohsiung mayor Wu Den-yih (吳敦義) of having] an affair during the Kaohsiung mayoral election 10 years ago," Ma said when asked for comment in Taipei.

"They said such a trick could be employed again [in the presidential election]," he said.

Ma was referring to an allegation made by then-DPP Kaohsiung City councilor Chen Chun-sheng (陳春生), who made public the content of a cassette containing an intimate conservation between a man and a woman in November 1998.

Chen claimed that the conversation was between the married mayor and a local journalist. He claimed at the time that an anonymous man had given him the tape.

Wu filed a lawsuit against Chen, and in September 2005 a judge ruled that the tape was fake.

DPP presidential candidate Frank Hsieh (謝長廷) has accused Ma of holding a valid US green card since January 1977. Ma has said his green card, which he applied for when he was studying in the US in the 1970s, was invalidated 20 years ago when he applied for a visitor's visa to go to the US.

The Central Election Commission has launched a probe into whether Ma and Hsieh hold dual citizenships. The law bans individuals with dual citizenship from running for president.

Ma said yesterday that he and former US government officials, Randall Schriver and Dan Blumenthal, talked about the DPP's allegations that he has a green card during a meeting at his campaign office yesterday morning.

"Everyone knows that it is impossible for non-immigrant visa holders to own US citizenship or permanent residency. This is common knowledge in the US," Ma said.
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