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The Democratic Progressive Party's Taipei mayoral candidate Shen Boyang's old criminology article discussing drug harm reduction 12 years ago was suppressed by Chiang Wanan and Lan Ying. The DPP counterattacked by accusing Chiang Wanan of using the KMT legislator as a "squid spokesman" to conduct a negative election campaign in order to divert attention from the shortcomings of Taipei's municipal government.
Shen Boyang, the Taipei mayoral candidate of the Democratic Progressive Party, discussed old criminological articles on drug harm reduction 12 years ago. Recently, he was surrounded and suppressed by Taipei Mayor Chiang Wanan and Lan Ying. The Democratic Progressive Party today (7th) criticized Jiang Wanan for trying to use a negative election campaign to divert outside scrutiny of municipal deficiencies, and also hired many KMT legislators to serve as "squid spokesmen." However, these people are basically habitual slanderers with a long history of slander. "How much do you look down on the voters?"
The Democratic Progressive Party wrote on Facebook today that in order to save the election, Jiang Wanan hired a KMT legislator to serve as the "squid spokesman" to spray dirty water. The purpose was to use a negative campaign to shift the focus and avoid public scrutiny of a series of Taipei's municipal deficiencies such as food poisoning in school children, the cutting down of old trees, and the failure of a smoke-free city. The problem is that these Kuomintang legislators are habitual offenders of spreading rumors and smear campaigns.
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The Democratic Progressive Party first named Wang Hongwei. Zeng Wulong exposed the "pinky" female doctor and only apologized after being slapped in the face. In 2024, Wang Hongwei made a big fuss about the photo of Executive Yuan Councilor Chen Shih-chung, saying that there was a beautiful woman who was "emphasis on love, justice and powder" as she saw off guests. As a result, the female doctor involved later came forward to clarify that all the people present were medical professionals and should not be tarnished. Wang Hongwei quickly apologized. The script of "telling a story by looking at the picture, then apologizing after overturning" will be repeated several times.
The Democratic Progressive Party continued to accuse Xu Qiaoxin of fabricating Chen Shizhong's "sorry tricks" and refused to admit his mistakes. Before the 2022 Taipei mayoral election, Xu Qiaoxin took a photo of Chen Shizhong and accused him of being "sleazy". Later, the person involved came forward to clarify that there was no such thing. It was just a dinner for old acquaintances in the medical field and the husband of the female doctor was also present. The DPP criticized Xu Qiaoxin for being slapped in the face but refused to admit his mistake, "How dare you throw dirty water again in this mayoral election?"
Then, the Democratic Progressive Party recalled that Luo Zhiqiang blindly supported the self-directed and starred in "Linbay Good Oil", but overturned and hurriedly deleted the article. When the "Linbay Good Oil" case broke out in 2023, Luo Zhiqiang expressed high-profile support and criticized the government's suppression. After the prosecutors found out that the intimidation case involved self-direction and self-acting, and that those involved even included KMT workers, Luo Zhiqiang hurriedly deleted the article and apologized. Is it possible to smear it casually, and after the truth was exposed, just delete the article and apologize? Later, Luo Zhiqiang also wanted to apologize to all medical, public health, and social workers for spreading rumors about drug prevention policies.
Lai Shibao spread rumors out of thin air that "cannabis foreign aid was severely slapped in the face by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs." The Democratic Progressive Party said that in 2024, without evidence, Lai Shibao questioned the government's assistance to the friendly country St. Vincent for "marijuana cultivation." The Ministry of Foreign Affairs immediately refuted it, saying "nothing was found" and clarified that the relevant cooperation plan was purely to assist agricultural technology such as livestock and fruit trees, and had nothing to do with cannabis. This is exactly the KMT's smear trick to throw out "marijuana" and "drugs" without saying a word.
The Democratic Progressive Party emphasized that the aforementioned spokespersons "slandered others several times and were slapped in the face several times." Now that these people are back, how many more times does the Kuomintang want to deceive Taipei citizens? Jiang Wanan can only rely on this group of thugs. How much does he look down on the voters? I would like to warn Jiang Wanan that no matter how many spokespersons are found or how much smear work is done, the problems of Taipei Municipal Government cannot be covered up, let alone the responsibility he should bear.
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
The negative campaign in the Taipei mayoral election will continue to escalate, with both sides likely to launch more attacks on each other’s candidates’ past words and deeds
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Wang Bisheng, former deputy director of the Ministry of Health and Welfare, revealed that in the past, when the Ministry of Health and Welfare discussed the opening up of CBD for medical use, he predicted that it would be politicized as "the DPP's encouragement of drug abuse." Now he feels helpless when he sees the KMT's old article attacking the DPP's Taipei mayoral candidate Shen Boyang. He believes that a highly politicized and demonized atmosphere makes it difficult to clarify scientific discussions, and the country and society lose room for progress.

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Kuomintang legislator Luo Zhiqiang questioned Taipei mayoral candidate Shen Boyang's support for the abolition of the death penalty. Shen Boyang responded that he had not initiated the abolition of the death penalty law, had participated in the review and publication of "The Affirmation of the Death Penalty", and emphasized that the mayor should discuss crime prevention rather than label attacks.

Democratic Progressive Party legislator Lin Chuyin pointed out that the Beijing Procuratorate has prosecuted a credit reporting agency operator suspected of being entrusted by a Hong Kong citizen to follow Taipei mayoral candidate Shen Boyang, confirming the existence of surveillance. She criticized Kuomintang legislators Wang Hongwei, Xu Qiaoxin and others for mocking Shen Boyang for "directing and acting himself" and having "persecution paranoia". She should now publicly apologize and asked Taipei Mayor Chiang Wanan to stand up and support the victims of Taipei citizens. Lin Chuyin warned that China's cross-border repression is expanding, extending from politicians to their families and even artists participating in events, in an attempt to create a chilling effect. The Kuomintang does not condemn China but instead advises Taiwanese not to offend China. This move is tantamount to aiding the evil.

Taipei mayoral candidate Shen Boyang of the Democratic Progressive Party revealed that Hong Kong people Ju Juexian and Lin Qing entrusted Taiwan's credit reporting chief Zheng Yongjin to follow him and his daughter. After investigation, the Taipei District Prosecutor's Office prosecuted Zheng Nan and others for violating the Personal Data Protection Act, and the Hong Kong suspect was wanted. Shen Boyang responded on Facebook that the Kuomintang representatives and Internet celebrities who were previously accused of murderous delusions have now overturned, and reiterated that his winning rate in the legislative election is 100%.

Hong Kong people Ju Juexian and Lin Qing commissioned Taiwanese credit reporting company Zheng Yongjin in September 2023 to pay nearly 100,000 Hong Kong dollars to follow Democratic Progressive Party legislator Shen Boyang. After the Taipei District Prosecutor's Office concluded the investigation, it prosecuted Zheng Yongjin and others for violating the Personal Data Protection Act, and issued a wanted notice for the main suspect who is a Hong Kong citizen. The Kuomintang group in the Legislative Yuan condemned the illegal surveillance and the case has entered the judicial process.