Former National Army Major General Li Zhengjie lost his lawsuit against celebrity journalist Zhong Nianhuang for character attack. The judge recognized that the remarks were comments on public issues.

Former National Army Major General Li Zhengjie pointed out in a political commentary program that the typhoon targeted Lai Ching-te's hometown of Tainan, and even claimed that the National Army did not provide disaster relief due to the Han Kuang exercise. The famous celebrity Chung Nianhuang criticized "going to China like a son of a turtle and a scum" on the program. Li Zhengjie angrily sued for 1 million yuan in compensation. However, the judge believed that Zhong's remarks were critical and value judgments on public issues, and Li Zhengjie lost the case.

The verdict pointed out that retired Major General Li Zhengjie said on the "News Vernacular" program in July 2014 that "the national army was unable to provide disaster relief" when Typhoon Dana hit, and said, "If the typhoon comes to you the day before the Hanguang exercise, is it because God is blind? He came to depose you and went straight to Tainan, Lai Qingde's birthplace."

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After hearing this, Zhong Nienhuang later counterattacked in the "94 Customer Complaints" program, calling this a "standard red power mentality." He enjoyed health insurance and retirement benefits in Taiwan but cursed Taiwan, "When I went to China, I behaved like a turtle and didn't dare to say anything. What a scumbag." He also reported that the Green Committee referred to Li Zhengjie as an "ungrateful thing."

Li Zhengjie believed that Zhong Nianhuang maliciously carried out personal attacks and seriously damaged his reputation and personal dignity, so he filed a lawsuit demanding that Zhong Nianhuang compensate for moral consolation of 1 million yuan. During the trial in the Kaohsiung District Court, Chung Nian-huang argued that the Ministry of National Defense had already completed the first-level deployment before the typhoon hit, and had prepared tens of thousands of troops and equipment for rescue. The Taiwan Fact Checking Center report also confirmed that the national army’s disaster relief was not affected by the Hankuang exercise. However, as a retired general and a public figure who frequently expresses his opinions, Li Zhengjie openly spread rumors and took pleasure in misfortune. His remarks were subject to public criticism, and the criticism did not exceed the reasonable scope.

The judge believed that Li Zhengjie, as a retired major general and a well-known military commentator, voluntarily entered the public speech market and should have a higher tolerance for the supervision and testing of public opinion than the general public; Zhong Nianhuang's use of terms such as "turtle son" and "scum" was sharp and negative, but the context of his speech was Criticisms and value judgments on public issues such as national military disaster relief and disaster response are not unwarranted denials of personality and simple insults that are divorced from the basis of facts. Considering the contribution of freedom of speech to promoting debate in the public domain, it is difficult to recognize that Zhong Nianhuang constituted an infringement. Therefore, Li Zhengjie's lawsuit was dismissed and can be appealed.