Tainan councilors still demanding apology from SuBy Lin Liang-sheng and William Hetherington / Staff reporter, with staff writerTainan city councilors of the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) yesterday demanded that Premier Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) apologize to the public for “obstructing free speech” after he ordered prosecutors to investigate them over their claim that fake Triple Stimulus Coupons were circulating the city. From right, Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Lin Yi-hua and Tainan City councilors Wang Chia-chen and Lee Chung-tsen hold a news conference in Taipei yesterday to accuse the government of suppressing free speech. This was a violation of their free speech rights, they said. Su added insult to injury by brushing off concerns about the fake vouchers, she said, adding that Su should publicly apologize. “Unless the councilors made the fake coupons themselves, in what way did they cause a social disturbance?” KMT caucus whip Lin Wei-chou (林為洲) asked.

Source: Taipei Times August 19, 2020 15:56 UTC