A former Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) official, who was in charge of managing the party’s assets, on Monday demanded that political pundit Hu Chung-hsin (胡忠信) apologize for making false claims about the party’s assets or face legal action.
Lin Te-jui (林德瑞) said that in December last year, when he was the head of the KMT Administration Committee, he told then-acting KMT chairman Wu Den-yih (吳敦義) that the party’s assets were worth NT$23.3 billion (US$744.12 million at current exchange rates) — not NT$135 billion as Hu claimed in a political talk show on Monday last week.
During the talk show, Hu said Lin had told a close aide to New Taipei City Mayor and KMT Chairman Eric Chu (朱立倫) that he (Lin) had handed more than NT$135 billion worth of assets to the new leadership under Chu in January, and wondered: “Why has no one made this public?”
Hu also claimed that Lin said Chu would not run for president next year, but would use the NT$135 billion in assets as his campaign fund in 2020.
Lin accused Hu of spreading unfounded rumors and demanded that he apologize within three days.
He urged others not to repeat Hu’s groundless allegations.
Whoever continues to quote or publish Hu’s allegations will have to face legal consequences, he said.
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