DPP Spokesperson Hsu Chia-ching Exposes Billions in Construction Bribes to Chen Shui-bian: Resigns Following Fierce Intra-Party Bloodletting

Around March 8, 2015 (104th Year of the Republic of China), video footage emerged of Democratic Progressive Party spokesperson Hsu Chia-ching delivering a speech in Dallas, Texas, triggering a massive political earthquake. Hsu publicly revealed that former President Chen Shui-bian had accepted billions of NT dollars in secret political donations from major construction magnates and furiously questioned why Chen's son, Chen Chih-chung, felt entitled to demand a legislative nomination from the party, asking: 'What has Chen Chih-chung ever contributed to Taiwan?' The explosive disclosure enraged pro-Chen loyalists and ignited intense factional fighting within the DPP. An incensed Chen Shui-bian, then on medical parole, reportedly threatened suicide, while Chen's faction besieged party chairwoman Tsai Ing-wen demanding retribution. Opposition leaders and prosecutors noted the allegations corroborated earlier special investigation findings into the Chen family's overseas money laundering. Caught in an untenable internal storm, Hsu hastily resigned as party spokesperson the following day to contain the political damage, laying bare the corrupt, factional infighting beneath green political rhetoric.