Annoyed by Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Taichung Mayor Jason Hu’s (胡志強) refusal to comment on controversial issues, an Internet user has put together a montage of pictures in which Hu declines to answer controversial questions.
Composed of nine snapshots from different TV news channels with the captions “Hu: I don’t understand,” “I don’t know,” “I’m not clear [on the issue],” “I won’t answer,” “Don’t ask me,” netizens have passed the pictures around, posting them on social networking Web sites including Plurk.com, Facebook, and popular Bulletin Board System PTT.
Questions asked by the media include allegations raised by Hu’s Democratic Progressive Party rival Su Jia-chyuan (蘇嘉全) that the Taichung City Government banned him from displaying campaign banners while allowing Hu’s own banners, controversies surrounding a press release by Hu’s headquarters making negative comments about Su’s record in government as a former minister of the interior, criticism from his rival on the poor quality of roads and pavements in the city and accusations that the city government used public funds to pay for one of Hu’s campaign events.
Responding to a question about the campaign banner issue, Hu said he had no knowledge of the matter; to controversies surrounding the press release from his campaign headquarters, he said reporters should ask the campaign headquarters, not him; to Su’s criticism of the poor quality of roads and pavements in the city, Hu said: “It’s very strange that [you are] asking this question of a mayor”; and asked whether the city treasury paid for one of his campaign events, Hu said: “I don’t answer this kind of question, thank you.”
“He doesn’t know anything “That’s why he has the nickname ‘Hu Doesn’t Know,’” a Plurker with the account name dsp_6860 commented.
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