Former Hsinchu Mayor Lin Zhijian’s thesis plagiarism case is seen as one of the reasons for the DPP’s disastrous defeat in the “nine-in-one” election , and Yu Zhenghuang, president of National Taiwan University, will also sue Lin Zhijian for defamation. Lin Zhijian also responded for the first time on the 28th, saying, "The result of the Hsinchu mayoral election is not satisfactory. He is responsible and willing to fully bear everyone's criticism and any opinions on him."
According to China Taiwan Network , although the Hsinchu mayor election campaign has come to an end, Lin Zhijian was accused by Yu Zhenghuang of violating relevant copyright regulations.
Yu Zhenghuang's appointed lawyer Zhang Youqi revealed that after discussing with Yu and his lawyers, in addition to the original lawsuit against Lin Zhijian, he will also sue for defamation. Whether in civil or criminal matters, he must help Yu fight for his due rights and interests. The copyright violation case will be held in the afternoon of January 11 next year.
In addition, in addition to suing Lin Zhijian, Zhang Youqi also revealed that the illustrator Xie Lisheng who insinuated that Yu Zhenghuang copied Lin, Weng Darui, a scholar in the United States, and about 30 netizens are also on the sue list.
According to Taiwan media reports, the Democratic Progressive Party held its Central Regular Meeting on the afternoon of the 28th to announce the defeat review report, pointing out that the reasons for the defeat were not only black money, public security issues, but also Lin Zhijian's thesis that failed to stop the bleeding in time. Lin Zhijian immediately posted on Facebook that the Hsinchu mayor's election results were not satisfactory, and he was responsible and willing to fully bear everyone's criticism and any opinions on him.
Lin Zhi insisted that since running for the election was his choice, he must take full responsibility, including actively thinking about withdrawing from the election. Before comrades in the party put forward the so-called "one dead body and five lives", based on protecting Taiwan's "democracy and freedom", he was even more reluctant to see society fall into meaningless hatred mobilization. At that time, he had already begun to seriously consider the possibility of withdrawing from the election. After communication and persuasion, under the joint decision of the members of the selection committee, he officially withdrew from the election and returned to Hsinchu City to continue the auxiliary election.
Regarding this, Xu Qiaoxin, a member of the Taipei City Council of the Chinese Kuomintang, left a message at the bottom, saying, "Is this self-play?"
Some netizens on the island also said, "This kind of innocuous article can't make the public feel deeply. Criticism, you have to be broken before you can stand up! There is nothing to lose. If you have a straight ball match, at least you must first apologize to the supporters for the topic of the paper, and you will have a chance if you face it sincerely."