Kaohsiung prosecutors on Tuesday said they had decided against charging a supporter of former Kaohsiung mayor Han Kuo-yu (韓國瑜) with defamation.
Wecare Kaohsiung founder Aaron Yin (尹立) who had organized Han’s recall drive accused YouTuber Chen Pin-hung (陳品宏) of defamation after Chen burned a paper altar that was covered in pictures of Yin with the eyes blacked out during a livestream.
Yin said Chen made false accusations about him during the stream, and took money from viewers who paid to watch the altar being burned while he cursed Yin.
Chen’s actions went beyond the scope of free speech,
Parade held to promote Kaohsiung recall
STARTING A TREND: The effort to remove Huang Jie comes as a Taoyuan City Councilor was removed from office on Friday after a recall vote held last week
By Chen Wen-chan, Ko Yu-hao and Jake Chung / Staff reporters, with staff writer and CNA
Organizers of a campaign to recall independent Kaohsiung City Councilor Huang Jie (黃捷) yesterday held a parade to drum up support ahead of the vote next month.
Campaign spokesperson Hsu Shang-hsien (徐尚賢) urged Fongshan District (鳳山) residents to vote to recall Huang on Feb. 6, to “teach the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) a lesson.”
Wecare Kaohsiung founder Aaron Yin (尹立), who in June last year initiated an effort to recall then-Kaohsiung mayor Han Kuo-yu (韓國瑜) of the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT), said the campaign to recall Huang was an effort to seek revenge for Han’s removal.