Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Sean Lien and the Gang

After seeing my comment on the headline that Sean Lien, son of former Veep and KMT power Lien Chan, now claims the shooter said his name....

Lien's statement overthrew a previous claim made by the alleged gunman Lin Cheng-wei who said that it was a case of misidentification and that his intended target was Kuomintang (KMT) candidate Chen Hung-yuan, a candidate that Lien was stumping for.

“Lien said he clearly heard the gunman calling his name and swearing at him before being shot by the gunman,” said Hsu to reporters yesterday after he talked with Lien in the hospital.

Hsu added that Lien said, however, he could not recall what happened next, maybe due to his head injury. Hsu himself also confirmed Lien's statement, saying that he was also a witness of the shooting and had heard the alleged gunman calling Lien's name.

...my good friend Feiren, a sometime newspaper commentator and longtime resident, left the following comment on the post below....
Yes. And the plot thickens.

Lien told a high ranking KMT official that the shooter Lin Zheng-wei said 'Lien Sheng-wen, you are dead!' before pulling the trigger. Six other witnesses who were on the stage including cops supposedly have told police that Lin said 'Lien Sheng-wen, gan li niang' before shooting.

One of the witnesses, who seen grabbing Lin and preventing further shots, is now being identified as one Liu Zhen-nan (劉振南), now a 'businessman' in the Zhonghe/Yonghe area and the former head of the Bamboo Union's Ai Hall. He just happened to be on stage because he is good friends with the candidate Chen Hong-yuan. Chen and his father run a family construction business [gangster alert!] and the elder Chen used to be the deputy speaker of the Taipei County Council [gangster alert!]. As it happens, the Chen family is trying to develop the Guting market but not all the residents have signed up yet [gangster alert!].

So a known gangbanger shoots the son of a former KMT Chairman who is on stage to endorse a local candidate with links to organized crime. Then a known 'made man' in one of Taiwan's largest criminal organizations just happens to be on stage as well to stop the hit from being successful.

Even by KMT standards, this is pretty good stuff.
To which it should be added, the KMT politicians present instantly recognized the shooter and tweeted his name around. The KMT then went on to exploit this incident for its own political gain, as the Taipei Times observed. I don't think this is some kind of conspiracy. If the KMT had wanted to bump off Sean Lien to gain sympathy votes, they wouldn't have used a shooter whom everyone present would instantly recognize, and they wouldn't have done it in a place that would have called attention to the fact that many people on the platform with the son of a former KMT vice president were local gang members and connected people, at an obscure local rally out in what had been Taipei county.

I think what's really going on here is a diversion. The KMT wants this incident to focus on Lien, not to focus on the embarrassing fact that many local KMT party candidates are local gangsters or gang-affiliated individuals, from temple association members to connected businessmen to the gangster's wives, who run in their place. By making it about Sean Lien, the party draws attention away from its hideously unclean local connections.

It's good to know that President Ma is going to clean up corruption.
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15 comments:

Anonymous said...

Was Lien even injured? I'd be curious to see the injury to his face.

Anonymous said...

History repeats. It's amazing how similar the DPP hacks are now compared to the KMT hacks in 2004.

Anonymous said...

Shoutout for one of my favorite entertaining bands--The Chairman--but no Youtube embed?!

A couple of ones that still make me smile:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QKIPyi4uDo&has_verified=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mq1Dpyk2bk4&feature=&p=174D58177EEDA576&index=0&playnext=1

DINH said...

It's sad. How can a killer did so badly in public?

Anonymous said...

"Anonymous said...
Was Lien even injured? I'd be curious to see the injury to his face.

9:22 AM"

Whoever you are you're quite nauseating.

People should be wishing Sean Lien's quick recovery.

How would you feel if a truck bumped you while biking in Lukang
because you're a green or blue supporter and then question your injuries?

Sean Lien was not even a candidate and some people are demanding that he makes his medical data available to them?

These people should first wish Sean a speedy recovery and show the whole world that Taiwanese people are warm and caring and not
the hysterical types that the Taekwando incident and Korea bashing showed so openly.

Valsain

Anonymous said...

Agree with Ano 1. I too, don't believe that Sean Lien was seriously injured. That was surely just a show to win elections.

Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
Agree with Ano 1. I too, don't believe that Sean Lien was seriously injured. That was surely just a show to win elections.

7:29 AM

do you agree to be shot in the face just to let your candidate win in future elections?

Anonymous said...

Agree with Ano 1. I too, don't believe that Sean Lien was seriously injured. That was surely just a show to win elections.

The press may be interested, too, since they have been camped out with their cameras mounted at the entrance of TaiDa Hospital

Anonymous said...

"The press may be interested, too, since they have been camped out with their cameras mounted at the entrance of TaiDa Hospital

11:00 PM"


It's their job.

Anonymous said...

" DINH said...
It's sad. How can a killer did so badly in public?

10:24 PM"

it'll be sadder if a killer does so good on you in public.

Anonymous said...

It's their job.

Really? Where'd I get the idea that they were being altruistic?

Anonymous said...

why no video?
why one shot and two victims?
where is the second victim?
How was the small guy able to push on ground the big guy, and nobody had the time to react?
How was a guy able to stop the kill between "two shots"?
Why no radio for public? Because Sean Lien is an alien?
How could the killer hope for the "second payment" if he did not success?

Don't forget that the results of (3) major elections depended on this event - so public has the right to know !

(sorry for my poor english!)

Anonymous said...

Really? Where'd I get the idea that they were being altruistic?

10:51 AM

who said that the press are altruistic?

Anonymous said...

"Anonymous said...
why no video?
why one shot and two victims?
where is the second victim?
How was the small guy able to push on ground the big guy, and nobody had the time to react?
How was a guy able to stop the kill between "two shots"?
Why no radio for public? Because Sean Lien is an alien?
How could the killer hope for the "second payment" if he did not success?

Don't forget that the results of (3) major elections depended on this event - so public has the right to know !

(sorry for my poor english!)"

Why? Because Taiwan election shooting is now the style on how to win an election!

Thanks to the original schemer the DPP and CSB!

The only difference here was that Sean Lien was not elected as president!

Sadly this will not be the last election shooting and they should pay CSB and the DPP some royalties!

That's the answer to why!

jerome balsam

Anonymous said...

The only difference here was that Sean Lien was not elected as president!

Poor Sean! He should learn from 007 Sean Connery!

What next? Suicide bombing?

Anybody dare go to election rallies?

das oto