The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) today said it would provide legal assistance to legislators who have received death threats suspected to be in relation to their involvement in ongoing recall campaigns against Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) lawmakers.
DPP caucus whip Ker Chien-ming (柯建銘), DPP caucus chief executive Rosalia Wu (吳思瑤) and DPP Legislator Puma Shen (沈伯洋) have received intimidation letters, the party said.
Shen wrote on Facebook last night that the intimidation letter vowed to kill his wife and make his daughter the second “Little Light Bulb” (小燈泡), referring to New Power Party Chairperson Claire Wang’s (王婉諭) three-year-old daughter who was beheaded on the street by a stranger in Taipei in 2016.
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The intimidation letter told him to resign and withdraw from the political circle, he said.
Wang expressed support for Shen to sue the suspect, stressing that the tragedy she had experienced should not happen to anyone again.
Any type of violent threat should not be tolerated, she said.
This is a real threat for Taiwan, Shen said.
People are being threatened because they have stood up to reveal the “truth” in the legislature and support the recall campaigns, he said.
Wu said on Monday that she had reported her case to the police and the National Security Bureau after receiving death threats to behead her and “kill the DPP.”
Ker also said he received intimidation emails several days ago that named his family members and threatened that they would be shot dead.
DPP spokesperson Han Ying (韓瑩) today strongly condemned the intimidation letters and called for the relevant authorities to launch an investigation to bring the criminals to justice.
Taiwan is a democratic society that upholds the rule of law and any sort of illegal intimidation is not allowed and should not happen, she said.
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