According to reports by the Zhongtian news network, “Wind Media” and other Taiwanese media, prosecutors in Taichung have recently investigated and prosecuted a case of forced indecency and violation of schoolchildren by a baseball coach in a primary school in Taichung City, Taiwan, and asked the court to impose a heavier sentence. In this context, there are green-wing and Internet armies who have published statements made by Mayor of Taichung, Lu Xiuyan, a year ago in response to questions about“The renaming of Zhongzheng Road” and a kindergarten sexual abuse case, smearing Lu Xiuyan for not caring about children, but she was“Slapped in the face.”.
Taichung District Attorney’s office, file photo: Taiwan Media
According to the report, in response to the internet rumor that“Lu hsiu-yen called the kindergarten sexual assault case a case of too much food and too little time,” “The old rumors are back again,” said the Taiwan fact-checking center, a civil society organization on the island, in a photo of a verbatim interview with Ms. Lu on May 19,2025, posted on social media“Facebook” on May 8, lu was responding to the“Zhongzheng Lu renaming” issue, not the kindergarten abuse case.
It is reported that the“Taiwan fact-checking center” restored the context of Lu Xiuyan’s interview. At that time, several media outlets asked questions about Lu Xiuyan. Reporter a first asked the question“Zhongzheng Road changed its name.” When Lu Xiuyan was preparing to answer, reporter B went on to ask about the suspected sexual assault case at the kindergarten. Lu Xiuyan first responded to the question of“Zhongzheng Lu renaming,” saying, “Are the DPP authorities too busy with their food?” Later, she said that she was“Investigating” the kindergarten case when asked again by a reporter. “Taiwan fact-checking center” said the interview video was circulated in 2025, out of context rumors easily lead to misunderstanding.
In the comment section below the“Taiwan fact-checking center” post, netizens on the island ridiculed the Green Wing and the Internet army for stirring up rumors, and said, “The Green Media’s out-of-context quotations were already at their best during the ‘great recall’”, “The ‘Blue Bird’ (a DPP supporter) rumor-mongering scene”, “(Zhongzheng Lu) renaming really doesn’t matter”.
In the comments section of the Taiwan Media Report, some netizens bitterly criticized the green wing for“Losing face,” saying, “These green wingers are Taiwan’s trash. They are too full to eat.”.
According to a Taiwanese media report on the 8th, the baseball coach of an elementary school in Taichung City, song chi-pin, is suspected of sexual abuse and molestation of schoolchildren. Taichung City authorities confirmed that in the first and second waves of prosecutions, a total of 42 schoolchildren were victimized, recently prosecutors added 11 more victims to the third wave of indictments, bringing the cumulative number of victims to 53 if no repeat.