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BackChild abuse data sparks a war of words! Shen Boyang criticizes Chiang Kai-shek's camp for grafting flowers and trees into flanks
Child abuse data sparks a war of words! Shen Boyang criticizes Chiang Kai-shek's camp for grafting flowers and trees into flanks
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Child abuse data sparks a war of words! Shen Boyang criticizes Chiang Kai-shek's camp for grafting flowers and trees into flanks

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  • Taipei mayoral candidate Shen Boyang of the Democratic Progressive Party responded to the criticism from the Blue Camp, emphasizing that when he talked about child abuse data, he was referring to child abuse outside the home, not abuse at home, and accused the Blue Camp of grafting and fabricating facts.
  • Two other KMT Taipei City Councilors and candidates have reported Shen Boyang to the Taipei District Prosecutor's Office for allegedly spreading rumors.

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Why It Matters

In an exclusive interview with "Foresight", Shen Boyang talked about the issue of child abuse data in Taipei City. He replied, "We don't have data, so we can only guess." He was criticized by Taipei Mayor Chiang Wanan and others as "child abuse should not be guessed out of thin air." Shen Boyang denied it and accused Lanying of importunate facts and fabricating facts. In addition, Kuomintang North City Councilor Yang Zhidou and candidate Chen Guanan reported to the Taipei District Prosecutor's Office that Shen Boyang was suspected of violating Article 104 of the "Public Officials Election and Recall Act" for spreading rumors.

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Taipei mayoral candidate Shen Boyang of the Democratic Progressive Party recently talked about the issue of child abuse data in Taipei City in an exclusive interview with Foresight. He replied, "We don't have data, so we can only guess." He was criticized by Taipei Mayor Chiang Wanan and others as "child abuse should not be guessed out of thin air." Shen Boyang said that Lanying's statement was a metamorphosis and fabrication of facts. This was a flanking style of play, and it was too much to use this as the main attack.

Shen Boyang said in an interview today that he made it clear yesterday that it was the blue camp who fabricated the facts. First of all, he was talking about child abuse outside the home, such as the Penomida and Xia Lisi cases. As a result, the Jiang Wanan camp asked A and B. The data presented was about parents who were in discomfort and abused their children at home. This was different from what he mentioned. What he mentioned was that children were sent to kindergartens, 8 cases of child abuse, more than 100 children were victimized, and more than 600 cases of mistreatment.

He said that he also mentioned in the program that this is a systemic problem, but where the problem is, it is not that the city government does not have data, so it can only guess at which level the problem may be, and can only propose comprehensive solutions. Lan Ying combined his different paragraphs together and added twists and turns, "We are talking about abuse in kindergartens, he is talking about abuse at home; and then we are not talking about death, he is talking about death. Facts are being fabricated from beginning to end, and it is done by flankers."

Shen Boyang said that it was okay for the flankers to do this. The flankers liked to graft on others, but politicians themselves took the flankers' rumors as their main attack, which was a bit excessive. He also shouted to Speaker Dai Xiqin not to get on the bus casually. After all, Dai also wanted to be elected.

In addition, Kuomintang North City Councilor Yang Zhidou and candidate Chen Guanan went to the Taipei District Prosecutor's Office to report Shen Boyang, believing that Shen Boyang had violated Article 104 of the "Public Officials Election and Recall Act" by spreading rumors with the intention of causing people to be unelected. Shen Boyang said, that's great. You have made a rumor and filed a lawsuit yourself. This is not called reporting, it is called surrendering. You are welcome to surrender and let everyone know how they made the rumor.

What to Watch

AI outlook — possibilities, not facts

  • The Taipei District Prosecutor's Office will launch an investigation into Shen Boyang's suspected case of spreading rumors.

    Likely · Within weeks

Open Questions

  • Will the Taipei District Prosecutor's Office accept and investigate this case?
  • Will Shen Boyang further release relevant child abuse data?
  • Will Dai Xiqin respond to Shen Boyang’s call?

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