Basketball star-turned-PFP Legis-lator Cheng Chih-lung (鄭志龍) yesterday obtained the forgiveness of his wife for his affair with another celebrity legislator, former actress May Chin (高金素梅), and managed to save his marriage from falling apart.
Cheng held a press conference last night in the company of his wife, Lu Tsu-ying (
Though falling short of a direct reference, the statement was considered a tacit confession of his relationship with Chin.
"My family, my wife and my children have been put under tremendous pressure, and I myself feel very sad and regretful," Cheng said.
"As far as this matter is concerned, I have made a comprehensive explanation to my wife and begged for her understanding," Cheng added.
With his wife's forgiveness, Cheng promised to do his best to keep his family together.
The affair was first disclosed by a local cable TV station on Monday. The report quoted a secret witness as saying that Cheng had been seen visiting Chin's residence many times.
Lu faxed a letter to local media Wednesday saying she had confirmed with her husband that Chin was the one involved in the affair. According to Lu, Cheng confessed that the relationship had lasted for more than a month.
Lu also said in the letter that she had asked for a divorce.
At the press conference last night, Lu kept her lips tightly sealed and let Liu Wen-hsiung (劉文雄), another PFP legislator who had mediated between the couple, speak on her behalf. Lu's eyes turned red as Liu talked to reporters.
According to Liu, Lu felt angry when she saw the report and thought such a matter was "almost unforgivable."
But Lu eventually decided to give Cheng another chance to maintain the family for the sake of their children, as both Cheng and Lu see their family as their top priority, Liu said.
The affair reportedly started in May when the two went to Central America as part of a legislative delegation.
Colleagues who also took part in the tour said yesterday that Chin always sat next to Cheng on the plane and stood next to him when the delegates posed for pictures.
In a statement released yesterday morning, Chin, an independent representing Aborigines, continued to insist that her contacts with Cheng were purely business, as they were working on legislation promoting Aboriginal rights.
Chin said the matter was for Cheng's family to resolve, denying she was involved in an affair with Cheng.
Chin asked Cheng to make a public explanation to restore her reputation
The affair added yet another chapter to the torrid history of Cheng and Chin, both of whom have made headlines before for their involvement in affairs.
During his 12 years of marriage with Lu, Cheng is reported to have had four extra-marital affairs prior to Chin.
As for Chin, who has remained single, she is reported to have been involved in relationships with three other married men.
Twenty-four Republican members of the US House of Representatives yesterday introduced a concurrent resolution calling on the US government to abolish the “one China” policy and restore formal diplomatic relations with Taiwan. Led by US representatives Tom Tiffany and Scott Perry, the resolution calls for not only re-establishing formal relations, but also urges the US Trade Representative to negotiate a free-trade agreement (FTA) with Taiwan and for US officials to advocate for Taiwan’s full membership in the UN and other international organizations. In a news release announcing the resolution, Tiffany, who represents a Wisconsin district, called the “one China” policy “outdated, counterproductive
ON PAROLE: The 73-year-old suspect has a criminal record of rape committed when he was serving in the military, as well as robbery and theft, police said The Kaohsiung District Court yesterday approved the detention of a 73-year-old man for allegedly murdering three women. The suspect, surnamed Chang (張), was arrested on Wednesday evening in connection with the death of a 71-year-old woman surnamed Chao (趙). The Kaohsiung City Police Department yesterday also unveiled the identities of two other possible victims in the serial killing case, a 75-year-old woman surnamed Huang (黃), the suspect’s sister-in-law, and a 75-year-old woman surnamed Chang (張), who is not related to the suspect. The case came to light when Chao disappeared after taking the suspect back to his residence on Sunday. Police, upon reviewing CCTV
Johanne Liou (劉喬安), a Taiwanese woman who shot to unwanted fame during the Sunflower movement protests in 2014, was arrested in Boston last month amid US President Donald Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigrants, the Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) said yesterday. The arrest of Liou was first made public on the official Web site of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Tuesday. ICE said Liou was apprehended for overstaying her visa. The Boston Field Office’s Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) had arrested Liou, a “fugitive, criminal alien wanted for embezzlement, fraud and drug crimes in Taiwan,” ICE said. Liou was taken into custody
TRUMP ERA: The change has sparked speculation on whether it was related to the new US president’s plan to dismiss more than 1,000 Joe Biden-era appointees The US government has declined to comment on a post that indicated the departure of Laura Rosenberger as chair of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT). Neither the US Department of State nor the AIT has responded to the Central News Agency’s questions on the matter, after Rosenberger was listed as a former chair on the AIT’s official Web site, with her tenure marked as 2023 to this year. US officials have said previously that they usually do not comment on personnel changes within the government. Rosenberger was appointed head of the AIT in 2023, during the administration of former US president Joe