Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Lo Shu-lei (羅淑蕾), who has been openly critical of the KMT administration, said yesterday she had received a threatening call on her cellphone.
Lo told reporters at the legislature that she received a call on Aug. 27 from an anonymous person who told her to “watch out.”
“He said: ‘Do you still want to be a legislator? You should watch out. You’ve been criticizing government policies — aren’t you afraid something will happen to you?’” Lo said.
Lo said she suspected the caller could be a government staffer because the caller had access to her cellphone number, but she said she had no evidence.
Lo said she had received similar threats before, but had never looked into them.
She said she would try to track down the caller if it happened again.
Lo has repeatedly criticized the administration since becoming a KMT legislator-at-large in January last year, including criticizing Department of Health Minister Yaung Chih-liang (楊志良) and his department over its reaction to the A(H1N1) epidemic.
Lo told President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) at Ma’s dinner with KMT lawmakers on Tuesday evening that his administration was riddled with problems and should not have gone against public opinion.
Lo said yesterday that although the legislature should cooperate with the Executive Yuan and the ruling party’s caucus should defend the Cabinet’s policies, it was difficult to do so when the government’s policies are flawed.
“Good advice always grates on the ears. Since I’m on the public payroll to serve in the legislature, I have a responsibility to tell the president and administration when something goes wrong,” Lo said.
“If all I am supposed to do is say nice things to flatter [the government], I’d rather go home and sleep,” she said.
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