Chen Shizhong said that child abuse "is the most serious in Beijing City" Lan Su: Are you guessing like Shen Boyang?

Shen Boyang, Taipei mayoral candidate of the Democratic Progressive Party. (File photo)

When Political Councilor Chen Shizhong was asked yesterday that Kaohsiung ranked first among the six cities for child abuse, he said, "In terms of overall experience, Taipei is the worst." The Kuomintang held a press conference today and criticized the Democratic Progressive Party for using the tragedy as a political attack. It also pointed out that Kaohsiung City had the highest number of children under the age of 6 abused in the country last year, reaching 369, an increase of 43% from the previous year. Last year, 14 children were abused to death. Taipei City Councilor Zhan Weiyuan questioned Chen Shizhong's use of feelings to accuse Taipei City, "Are you just guessing like Shen Boyang?"

Zhan Weiyuan criticized that Chen Shizhong, as a political affairs committee member of the Executive Yuan, does not answer questions well. He is just like the DPP's favorite saying of "Ask A and answer B", asking Kaohsiung and answering Taipei. Zhan questioned, "What do you mean by 'overall feeling'?" From last year to this year, Kaohsiung City's number of child abuse cases, reported cases and deaths were the highest in the country. "Then let me ask you how you feel, are you just guessing like Shen Boyang?"

Zhan Weiyuan said that Chen Shizhong later said that counties and cities should not be used to make relative comparisons. Regarding this, Zhan Weiyuan said, "There is no harm if there is no comparison. After a comparison, I found that Chen Qimai was covered in bruises."

Zhan Weiyuan further stated that Chen Shizhong believed that several aspects of the child abuse case in Taipei City were not handled well. "Then I ask: Chen Qimai, did you handle the child abuse case in Kaohsiung City well?" He pointed out that last year, the number of child abuse cases in Kaohsiung City under the age of 6 was the highest in the country. The highest number was 369, an increase of 43% compared with the year before. "You handled it very well, why are your child abuse cases increasing?" He also asked the Executive Yuan and Chen Qimai whether they had carefully reviewed these links and conducted an overall institutional inspection. "No!"