Saturday, November 27, 2010

Sean Lien Shot

The shooting of former Vice President Lien Chan's son Sean Lien appears to be a local gangland hit in which Sean Lien was mistaken for the candidate. The Taipei Times reports:
Sean Lien (連勝文), one of former vice president Lien Chan’s (連戰) sons, was shot last night as he was campaigning for a Sinbei councilor candidate in Yonghe (永和), Taipei County. He was hit in the face and was rushed to National Taiwan University Hospital.

Yonghe police precinct said a 29-year-old man was also shot at the rally, but died on the way to a hospital.

In a press briefing at 10:05pm, the hospital said Sean Lien, was still undergoing surgery, but was not in a life-threatening situation. He was conscious when he arrived at the hospital, officials said.

Witnesses said a man burst onto the stage at Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) councilor candidate Chen Hung-yuan’s (陳鴻源) rally and fired a shot at Sean Lien shortly after he took the stage and as he was about to address the crowd. The bullet hit the left side of his face, eyewitnesses said.
For many, this reeked of the 2004 incident in which a KMT supporter took a shot at Chen Shui-bian. However this incident appears entirely local in nature. The gangster apparently mistook Sean Lien for his target -- they look somewhat similar.
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4 comments:

Brendan said...

I just want to note the amazing dissonance of "Sean Lien shot" and the two adorable cuddling kittens.

Anonymous said...

Sire

"The shooting of former Vice President Lien Chan's son Sean Lien appears to be a local gangland hit in which Sean Lien was *mistaken for the candidate?"

Where does the newspaper you refer to say mistaken ID?

Michael Turton said...

Several papers and news reports I have heard said it, but I haven't posted them. Sorry. The two look alike, some of the local reporters and reports were circulating photos yesterday. Lien was not the target, by all accounts.

Anonymous said...

Now CTS is saying that Sean Lien says the shooter called him by name before shooting him.