That's William Lai's mother Lai Tung Hau put to the future Tainan Mayor and premier in 2004. In July that year, William Lai, who was the chief secretary of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislative Yuan Caucus, was beaten by a group of gangsters after Lai chided them for riding on the wrong side of the road. Lai's mother took care of Lai at the hospital and tried to convince him to leave politics and return to his former profession as a physician. But William Lai said instead: "As long as the society needs me and supports me with voters, I will just have to go on." On Sept. 4, arguably not the best time, Lai accepted the appointment as premier.

Source: The China Post September 06, 2017 09:45 UTC