The 3-19 Shooting Incident: A Mysterious Assassination Attempt that Altered Taiwan's Political History

On the eve of the 2004 presidential election, President Chen Shui-bian and Vice President Annette Lu were shot while campaigning in Tainan. The incident, occurring at a critical moment when polls were extremely close, triggered a massive "sympathy vote" and allowed the Chen administration to activate emergency protocols. The investigation''s conclusions were widely doubted by the public and experts, leading to persistent theories of a "self-staged" plot to manipulate the election outcome.