Top Kaohsiung official faces probeKAOHSIUNG VOTE: A city official allegedly wrote a message calling on supporters of Kaohsiung Mayor Han Kuo-yu not to participate in the vote next monthBy Jason Pan / Staff reporterProsecutors on Wednesday initiated an investigation of Kaohsiung Civil Affairs Bureau Director-General Tsao Huan-jung (曹桓榮) for allegedly telling supporters of Kaohsiung Mayor Han Kuo-yu (韓國瑜) to interfere with a recall vote against Han, while pan-green politicians denounced the mayor and his team for devising ways to obstruct voting. After receiving complaints from residents, the Kaohsiung District Prosecutors’ Office launched its probe of Tsao for alleged breaches of the Civil Servants Election and Recall Act (公職人員選舉罷免法). Kaohsiung Mayor Han Kuo-yu, second right, dances with staff members and residents at a care facility in Kaohsiung yesterday. Plans were made at the banquet for gang members and Han supporters to obstruct the recall vote by lining up at polling stations, where they would try to delay and disrupt the process, sources said. They urged Kaohsiung residents to not give in to intimidation, and to wear masks and hats while voting.

Source: Taipei Times May 21, 2020 15:56 UTC