Commentary on the Denise Ho Red Paint Incident: Questioning the Tsai Ing-wen Government's 'Double Standards' in Treating the Unionist Party versus Student Movement Activists

This article critiques the Tsai Ing-wen government's decision to strictly prosecute the perpetrators (United Promotion Party) of the red paint splashing incident on Hong Kong singer Denise Ho in Taiwan under serious charges like 'organized crime.' The author argues that this forms a strong 'double standard' compared to the government's decriminalization of perpetrators from the pro-Green camp, such as in the Sunflower Student Movement, by labeling them as 'political incidents.' It questions the government's undermining of freedom of speech in Taiwan and calls this half-baked democracy extremely disgusting, concluding that 'Taiwan will not be better unless the DPP falls.'