Family members of DPP Legislator Cheng Yu-cheng (鄭余鎮) said yesterday they would sue Sophie Wang (王筱嬋), Chen's assistant, for adultery, one day after the two spoke to the media of their romance.
The family members said they were acting to appease angry voters in Cheng's constituency in Taipei County over the affair.
Cheng and Wang, now in Los Angeles, made public their love story for the first time in an interview with Formosa TV that was broadcast on Thursday.
Holding hands and gazing affectionately at each other, Cheng and Wang confirmed that they had married, even though Cheng has yet to divorce his wife in Taiwan, and showed off their wedding rings.
Cheng said Wang was "a gift given to him from God."
Cheng said he had wanted to divorce his wife, Lu Pei-ying (
Cheng said he would like to apologize to his wife for ending the marriage in this way but that he would never return to her.
"Our love [with Wang] is faultless and crimeless? Outsiders will not understand the problems of my family," Cheng said.
Cheng's affair came to light earlier this month after his wife attempted to assert her "first-wife" status by volunteering to serve constituents at his legislative office while he was in China with Wang.
Cheng's relatives have accused Wang of using witchcraft and magic to seduce him.
Cheng and Wang married in July in the US, even though Cheng has yet to divorce his wife and bigamy is illegal in Taiwan. The couple departed for the US last week to avoid media attention.
Cheng said in the interview that he would come back to Taiwan once the legislative session starts in September to tackle his family troubles, after originally saying he would stay in the US.
Lu made no comment after the interview was broadcast, but Cheng's family decided to file a lawsuit against Wang for adultery and offences against marriage and family.
Cheng's office in Hsinchuang, in Taipei County, has temporarily closed since the scandal came to light.
Wang, who used to be a TV actress, hit the headlines in 2000 after KMT lawmaker John Chang (
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