Hon Hai Precision Industry Co founder Terry Gou’s (郭台銘) campaign office yesterday said it reserves the right to take legal action against those who fabricate statements attributed to him to influence the elections today.
An “open letter” that was purportedly signed by Gou circulated on the Internet on Thursday proclaiming his intention to back Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) presidential candidate New Taipei City Mayor Hou You-yi (侯友宜) and Hou’s running mate, Broadcasting Corp of China (BCC) chairman Jaw Shaw-kong (趙少康).
On Thursday, United Microelectronics Corp honorary deputy chairman John Hsuan (宣明智) said that while he would “not say that he had written the letter, it had passed through his hands,” adding that he did not have the opportunity to confirm that Gou had read the letter, but believed it “was expressing the sentiments that Gou wanted to say.”
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Gou’s office’s spokesperson, Huang Shih-hsiu (黃士修), said yesterday that Hsuan was fabricating claims that could influence the elections, and the office reserves the right to take legal action after the elections.
Voting for the nation’s eighth presidential and legislative elections is taking place today.
Separately, KMT Central Standing Committee member Chou Meng-jung (周孟榕) claimed in a Facebook post on Thursday that during a phone call he had with Gou on Nov. 25 last year, Gou said that “to safeguard the Republic of China (ROC) and ensure the transition of power between parties, he won’t, and can’t, support Taiwan People’s Party presidential candidate Ko Wen-je (柯文哲), because such support will only pave the way for Democratic Progressive Party presidential candidate William Lai (賴清德), sounding the death knell for the ROC.”
Huang yesterday said that the office had no knowledge of the incident and would not comment on it.
When asked for comment yesterday, Jaw said Chou and her father, Pingtung County Council Speaker Chou Dian-lun (周典論), were very close to Gou, and if Gou has not denied Chou’s remarks, it was a tacit admission to the truth of the statement.
Gou’s office might not understand Gou’s stance on the issue, Jaw added.
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