Internet Post Uses Doctored News to Allege Corruption; Wu Tsung-hsien's Campaign Office Collects Evidence, Considers Lawsuit
Misinformation spread on social media claiming KMT's Yilan County magistrate candidate, Wu Tsung-hsien, was indicted for corruption. His campaign office clarified that the news was maliciously doctored from a story about a different person with the same name, has collected evidence, and is considering legal action.
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- 📰 Published: May 14, 2026 at 19:59
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Central News Agency, Yilan, 14th — A social media platform has been circulating news that the KMT's candidate for Yilan County Magistrate, Wu Tsung-hsien, was indicted for corruption. Cheng Hao-wen, spokesperson for Wu Tsung-hsien's campaign office, stated today that malicious actors have doctored news about a former Taoyuan City councilor with the same name. The campaign has completed evidence collection and is not ruling out filing a lawsuit.
In a press release today, Cheng Hao-wen stated that an account on the social media platform Threads spread news of 'Yilan County Magistrate candidate Wu Tsung-hsien indicted for corruption.' The actual content of the news refers to a former Democratic Progressive Party city councilor from Taoyuan's Xinyi District, also named Wu Tsung-hsien, who merely shares the same name as the Yilan magistrate candidate.
Cheng said that malicious actors exploited this coincidence of names. Despite the text and images clearly identifying the person involved, they deliberately misled netizens, imposing another person's crimes onto the KMT's Yilan magistrate candidate, Wu Tsung-hsien, in an attempt to influence the Yilan County magistrate election. This is a trampling of democratic elections.
Cheng stated that after the post was published, it garnered numerous likes, shares, and comments from netizens, clearly indicating it was publicly disseminated and sufficient to severely damage Wu's reputation. This is suspected of violating the 'Public Officials Election and Recall Act' for intending to get a candidate not elected and the Criminal Code for defamation. The campaign office took screenshots as evidence immediately and has demanded that the posting account retract the post and apologize. They do not rule out taking corresponding measures in the future. (Editor: Lin Shu-hui) 1150514
In a press release today, Cheng Hao-wen stated that an account on the social media platform Threads spread news of 'Yilan County Magistrate candidate Wu Tsung-hsien indicted for corruption.' The actual content of the news refers to a former Democratic Progressive Party city councilor from Taoyuan's Xinyi District, also named Wu Tsung-hsien, who merely shares the same name as the Yilan magistrate candidate.
Cheng said that malicious actors exploited this coincidence of names. Despite the text and images clearly identifying the person involved, they deliberately misled netizens, imposing another person's crimes onto the KMT's Yilan magistrate candidate, Wu Tsung-hsien, in an attempt to influence the Yilan County magistrate election. This is a trampling of democratic elections.
Cheng stated that after the post was published, it garnered numerous likes, shares, and comments from netizens, clearly indicating it was publicly disseminated and sufficient to severely damage Wu's reputation. This is suspected of violating the 'Public Officials Election and Recall Act' for intending to get a candidate not elected and the Criminal Code for defamation. The campaign office took screenshots as evidence immediately and has demanded that the posting account retract the post and apologize. They do not rule out taking corresponding measures in the future. (Editor: Lin Shu-hui) 1150514