
AI-generated summary
During the Taipei mayoral election, the blue and green camps fiercely clashed over drug policy issues. Jiang Wanan's camp was accused of misinterpreting the government's drug harm reduction and community care policies as "community drug poisoning," triggering a strong backlash from medical, academic, and social work professional groups, who believed that such rumors not only misled the public, but also stigmatized frontline workers.
The medical, academic and social workers held a press conference on the 12th to accuse Chiang Wanan's camp of spreading rumors about drug control and harm reduction policies as "community poisoning" for the sake of the election. They angrily denounced that the rumors began to ferment among the people, causing pressure on front-line personnel. Shen Boyang, a Taipei mayoral candidate from the Democratic Progressive Party, was interviewed yesterday at an event in Beitou. He said that he had encountered several intermediate voters who were dissatisfied with the rumors about Lan Ying. They were so angry that they threatened to go out to vote. Shen kindly reminded Lan Ying, "Are you sure you really want to keep spreading rumors? It's very detrimental to you!"
Green: Chiang apologized eight times for a piece of sugar cane
So far, both Li Yanxiu and Li Yanxiu have refused to admit their mistakes.
DPP spokesperson Lin Chuyin also said that Legislator Li Yanxiu, spokesperson for Jiang Wanan’s campaign, attacked social workers’ unions for “distributing poison to people who take drugs,” triggering social workers’ groups to demand an apology. Jiang has apologized eight times for a piece of sugar cane, but so far he and Li Yanxiu have refused to admit their mistakes and not apologize to the humiliated social workers. This is really chilling.
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Shen Boyang said that after the incident, many front-line workers stood up very angrily. In addition to feeling unfair for the treatment of these practitioners, the Legislative Yuan Health and Environmental Committee arranged a special report on drugs the day before yesterday to form a large-scale health and education site to let everyone know the actual situation of drug harm reduction, and also let the public understand the operation of the current mechanism and not be affected by rumors.
Shen pointed out that Chiang Wanan's camp really needs to think carefully, whether online or in real life. "I met several people who told me that they were originally intermediate voters. They were very angry because of this incident (should refer to the poisoning of the rumor-mongering community) and wanted to come out to vote." The opponent urged so many people to come out to vote. "It is very detrimental to them! Kind reminder: Are you sure you really want to keep spreading rumors?"
Lin Chuyin denounced that in order to save the election, Jiang Wanan's campaign team first spread rumors that "the community has turned into a drug department store," and now even grassroots social workers have become victims of political attacks. Li Yanxiu confuses the "social network" community of scholars in professional seminars with the community of "dancing and exercising every day" in his superficial understanding. He even directly spreads rumors about social workers' addiction treatment and harm reduction programs as "distributing drugs to drug addicts." Did Jiang Wanan authorize Li Yanxiu to give random answers without fully understanding the situation, pouring dirt on the tense election situation, and thus humiliating the frontline grassroots social workers?
Lin criticized Jiang Wanan for not apologizing for being "smeared" by social workers. When faced with the condemnation gathered by grassroots social workers, Jiang Wanan "couldn't see or hear" and even deployed police to protect Li Yanxiu, who made a gaffe.
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Social workers groups will continue to put pressure on Jiang Wanan and Li Yanxiu to publicly apologize.
Likely · Within weeks
Shen Boyang will put more emphasis on blue-rumoring issues in subsequent election campaigns to mobilize middle voters
Very likely · Within days

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