City Speaker Jumps to Death After Taiwan Mayor Recall Vote
FILE PHOTO: Kaohsiung Mayor Han Kuo-yu (Reuters)
Kaohsiung Mayor Han Kuo-yu, from the primary opposition celebration the Kuomintang (KMT) which historically favours shut ties with China, was once soundly overwhelmed within the recall vote, accusing the ruling Democratic Modern Celebration (DPP) of smearing his identify to get him out of administrative center.
- Reuters
- Closing Up to date: June 7, 2020, nine:03 AM IST
The speaker of the town council in southern Taiwan’s Kaohsiung jumped to his demise overdue on Saturday after the mayor misplaced a highly-charged recall vote, casting a deep pall over what was once an already acrimonious marketing campaign.
Kaohsiung Mayor Han Kuo-yu, from the primary opposition celebration the Kuomintang (KMT) which historically favours shut ties with China, was once soundly overwhelmed within the recall vote, accusing the ruling Democratic Modern Celebration (DPP) of smearing his identify to get him out of administrative center.
Han had additionally been the KMT’s presidential candidate, and misplaced badly to President Tsai Ing-wen in January’s polls.
Kaohsiung police mentioned town council speaker Hsu Kun-yuan jumped to his demise from his 17th-floor condominium a couple of hours after the announcement of Han’s defeat, although the case remains to be being investigated.
Hsu, 63, was once a powerful Han supporter and prefer him a member of the KMT.
Han wrote on his Fb web page that he was once heartbroken.
“I’m very, very grieved, and don’t have any phrases to precise what I think in my middle,” he mentioned.
KMT Chairman Johnny Chiang, who took over after January’s defeat promising a radical celebration overhaul together with rethinking its unpopular coverage of looking for nearer ties with China, expressed his sorrow and referred to as for calm to be triumphant after the recall vote.
“The unexpected demise of the speaker makes us fear that social antagonism has intensified.”
The DPP mentioned it was once surprised through the scoop, and referred to as for other people to not speculate about what had took place prior to the police had finished their investigations.
The recall vote happened in opposition to the backdrop of additional tensions with China, which claims democratic Taiwan as its personal territory to be taken through power if wanted.
It additionally took place similtaneously renewed anti-government protests in Chinese language-ruled Hong Kong in opposition to Beijing-backed nationwide safety law.
The protesters have well-liked public sympathy in Taiwan and feature gained uncommon cross-party enhance at the island.
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