Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Ma Ying-jeou (
Ma yesterday morning accompanied the KMT's candidate for Taipei County commissioner, Chou Hsi-wei (
DPP Chairman Su Tseng-chang (
PHOTO: HSIEH FUNG-CHIU, TAIPEI TIMES
The People First Party's (PFP) candidate for Keelung mayor, Liu Wen-hsiung (
But Ma said he was simply accompanying his party's candidates to vote, which was not related to campaigning.
In Pingtung County, Minister of the Interior Su Jia-chyuan's (
According to Pingtung police, one of Su Jia-chyuan's relatives, Wu Chin-liang (
Police went to Su's brother's neighborhood to investigate yesterday morning, and found him taking a neighbor surnamed Hsu, who had suffered a stroke, to vote.
Because Hsu is unable to move on his own, Su accompanied him to the polling station and carried his identity card for him.
Pingtung police said there was nothing illegal about accompanying a handicapped person to vote.
The KMT legislative caucus yesterday morning had released a press statement alleging that Su's brother had violated the Election and Recall Law.
In response, Su Jia-chyuan said the KMT and Wu were attempting to influence his nephew's election chances, and his family would bring the case to the court.
Su's nephew, candidate Su Chen-ching, also accused the KMT and Wu of violating the Election and Recall Law.
In Taichung, police said that some of the city's residents received cellphone messages early yesterday morning saying that KMT Taichung Mayor Jason Hu (胡志強), who was standing for re-election, had suffered another stroke and was in critical condition.
Police traced the messages to two cellphones registered in the Philippines and were attempting to identify the perpetrators.
Hu yesterday disproved the messages by going to vote yesterday morning.
Meanwhile, a man came forward claiming that he was the man behind the "walking fees" videotape. The KMT earlier this week released a videotape allegedly proving that the DPP's Taipei County commissioner candidate Luo Wen-chia (羅文嘉) had paid people NT$150 (US$4.50) to attend a DPP rally. Luo denied the allegation.
A Danan Bus Co (
In response, the DPP said the man was not a real bus driver, and the KMT had arranged for him to claim to be the one who'd made the tape.
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