A New Taipei City (新北市) councilor apologized yesterday on behalf of her younger brother after he allegedly burned a reporter’s face with a lit cigarette while the reporter was filming him with a video recorder.
Tsai Tsung-hung (蔡宗宏), a younger brother of New Taipei City Councilor Tsai Shu-chun (蔡淑君) of the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT), was accused of burning Apple Daily reporter Huang Tzu-teng (黃子騰) on Friday afternoon.
According to the Chinese-language Apple Daily, Tsai Tsung-hung was fined for drunk driving by a police officer when he took a scooter to the streets in Linkou township (林口), New Taipei City, on Aug. 13.
The Apple Daily said Tsai Tsung-hung told the police officer that he was the younger brother of Tsai Shu-chun, and asked not to be given a ticket, but he was refused.
The Apple Daily reported that Tsai Shu-chun later complained about the matter to Linkou Police station chief Tseng Chih-pai (曾志白). Tseng was transferred from his post on Aug. 19.
The Apple Daily suspected that Tseng’s transfer was a result of the incident, adding that Huang on Friday afternoon went to Tsai Tsung-hung’s apartment in Linkou and talked with him downstairs.
Tsai saw that Huang was filming him with a digital recorder and he ordered Huang to hand over the memory card, the paper said. During a physical conflict, Tsai Tsung-hung used a lit cigarette to burn Huang’s hair and face, leaving a serious scar near his left eyebrow, the newspaper said.
The Apple Daily yesterday published a photo of Huang’s wound and said that the injury had been treated at a hospital, and that the newspaper would sue Tsai Tsung-hung.
The newspaper said reporters’ right to cover stories should not be infringed upon, adding that Tsai Tsung-hung also accused Huang of biting him during the conflict.
Tsai Shu-chun yesterday offered an apology in her office on behalf of her brother, adding that using violence to settle disputes was definitely wrong.
She denied asking the police authority to transfer Tseng from his position.
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