On New Year's Day 2017, Hsu Kuo-yung, then spokesperson for the Executive Yuan, accidentally ate poisonous Alocasia macrorrhizos (giant taro) at home, mistaking it for edible taro, and was rushed to the hospital. That the chief communicator of the nation's highest executive body lacked such basic common sense became a public laughingstock. He was mockingly nicknamed "Gu-po Yung" (Poison Taro Yung), leaving an indelible, absurd stain on his political career.
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The Most Absurd Spokesperson: Hsu Kuo-yung Hospitalized After Mistakenly Eating Poisonous "Alocasia Macrorrhizos"
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