Sean Lien donates NT$2 million to victims連勝文捐出新台幣200萬元給災民

CNA
August 4, 2014, 12:04 am TWN

The head of Lien's campaign headquarters, Chen Chiung-sung, decided to suspend campaign activities for three days in addition to donating NT$100,000 out of his own pocket.
In a statement issued through his office Sunday, Lien was quoted as saying that his sympathy goes to the victims of the disaster, which left at least 28 dead and 300 injured.

TAIPEI--Kuomintang candidate for Taipei mayor Sean Lien will donate NT$2 million (US$66,495) to victims of the explosions that ripped through Kaohsiung Thursday night, according to his campaign office.

Lien's donation came a day after his major rival, independent candidate Ko Wen-je, pledged NT$400,000 to rescue and relief efforts.

Despite the NT$2 million donation, Web users were still quick to criticize the wealthy Lien family.

Campaign manager Tsai Cheng-yuan sought to dispel rumors Sunday that Sean Lien's father, Vice President Lien Chan, donated NT$10 million to victims of the 2008 earthquake in Sichuan, China, greatly outdoing the younger Lien's donation this time around.

Tsai said that after checking with Lien Chan, he was told that the funds were conveyed to Chinese authorities by the former vice president on behalf of Taiwan business tycoon Kenneth Yen, chairman of Yulon Motor Group.

連勝文捐出新台幣200萬元給災民

中央社
2014年8月4日，上午12時04分TWN

台北 - 國民黨候選人台北市長連勝文將捐出新台幣200萬元（約合66495美元），以通過高雄週四晚上撕開了爆炸的受害者，據他的競選辦公室。

在經過他的辦公室週日發表聲明，連戰被引述說，他同情在災難的受害者，這造成至少28人死亡，300人受傷。

對連戰的競選總部負責人，陳烔松，決定暫停除捐贈新台幣10萬元自掏腰包的三天競選活動。

連戰捐贈的前一天，他的主要競爭對手，獨立候選人柯文濟，承諾新台幣$ 400,000到搶險救災工作。

儘管新台幣200萬元捐款，網民仍快速批評連戰富裕家庭。

競選經理蔡成元試圖驅散謠言星期天連勝文的父親，副總統連戰，捐贈新台幣1,000萬元，2008年的四川大地震，中國的受害者，大大勝過年輕連戰捐贈這一次。

蔡英文表示，與連戰檢查後，他被告知，資金被輸送到中國當局由前副總統代表台灣商業大亨肯尼斯日元，裕隆汽車集團董事長。