EDITORIAL: When ‘white’ is the new blackTaiwan People’s Party (TPP) Chairman and presidential candidate Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) seems to be in deep water lately. TPP executives in Tainan last weekend endorsed the candidacy of Lee Chuan-chiao (李全教), a former KMT Tainan City Council speaker who has a reputation of being associated with “black gold,” bribery, influence peddling and illegal gangster activities. Other TPP office heads in southern Taiwan were also accused of involvement in usury, abusive debt collection practices, pimping and prostitution. If left unaddressed, would the TPP not end up becoming a potential backdoor for these people to further their gangster or pro-unification activities under a legitimate cause? For these people, the TPP’s affiliation with alleged criminals would be a step too close to “gray” or “black.”
