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BackFive-mile length candidate Wang Jiansheng was exposed to have been involved in attempted sexual assault. Neither his father nor his son responded.
Five-mile length candidate Wang Jiansheng was exposed to have been involved in attempted sexual assault. Neither his father nor his son responded.
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Five-mile length candidate Wang Jiansheng was exposed to have been involved in attempted sexual assault. Neither his father nor his son responded.

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  • It was revealed that Wang Jiansheng, a candidate for the mayor of Wuwu District, Neihu District, Taipei City, had intended to sexually assault his colleague's girlfriend in 2021 and was sentenced.
  • His father is Wang Haizhi, the current district chief.
  • Neither of them has responded to the media yet.

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Wang Jiansheng was sentenced to 1 year and 10 months in prison in 2021 for intending to sexually assault his colleague's girlfriend. His father, Wang Haizhi, is the current mayor of Neihu District.

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Today is Saturday, and Wang Haizhi, the head of Wufenli District in Neihu District, did not show up at his office.

It was revealed that Wang Jiansheng, the five-mile chief candidate, intended to sexually assault his colleague's girlfriend in 2021 and was sentenced to 1 year and 10 months in prison. Wang Jiansheng's father, Wang Haizhi, is the current mayor of the five-point district. In the past, Wang Jiansheng worked as an assistant in the service office of the blue, green and white parliamentarians such as Chen Yizhou, Zhang Maonan and Chen Youcheng, and accumulated many local connections. After the incident broke out, the reporter made 4 Line calls this morning (5th), but Wang Jiansheng did not return the call until 12 noon. In the afternoon, he changed his phone number to contact Wang Jiansheng and made 2 calls, but no answer was received until 4:15. Wang Haizhi used AI voice recognition to filter incoming calls, but he also did not answer the phone in the afternoon.

The reporter visited the Wufenli office this afternoon. The li director was not in the office, only a few li residents were present. An anonymous resident pointed out that she watched Wang Jiansheng grow up. Wang Jiansheng has a good character and is not a lecherous type. If he was a lecher, he does not believe that this case would only happen. He hopes that the public will not make generalizations and speculate that the case may also be related to emotional factors.

The resident pointed out that she saw Wang Jiansheng working hard in local services, and many constituency service members also saw Wang leaving early in the morning. At present, there is not much discussion about the case in the district, and she hopes that everyone will not talk too much about politics. In fact, it is more important to see what Wang does, rather than what others say.

Another citizen surnamed Li said that he did not know who Wang Jiansheng was and that he was not aware of any attempted sexual assault cases against him. People surnamed Li believe that it is inappropriate to serve as the head of the district while being involved in a case.

Open Questions

  • What is Wang Jiansheng's official response to the verdict?
  • Will Wang Haizhi make a statement regarding the controversy over his son's candidacy?

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This article was originally published by 自由时报.

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