TAIPEI (The China Put up) — Taiwanese tv present host Jacky Wu (吳宗憲) responded to a borough chief’s indignant feedback concerning his donation of 110,000 fast antigen assessments, on Sunday with an indignant livestream.
Wu lashed out on the borough chief’s accusations of utilizing the COVID-19 assessments to advertise his app PGTalk. He furthered threatened to take the official, surnamed Teng (鄧), of Anhe Village (安和里) in New Taipei Metropolis, Yonghe District (新北市永和區), to court docket.
It was beforehand introduced final Wednesday that Wu spent round NT$30 million to purchase 110,000 fast antigen assessments for COVID-19 and would donate it to each borough chief workplace in Taiwan.
Nevertheless, after this announcement attracted greater than 600 borough chiefs to register for the assessments, it was revealed that those that want to obtain the assessments should first obtain PGTalk and grow to be a member.
“Is it actually that dangerous to donate COVID-19 assessments and obtain a free APP on the identical time?” Wu requested throughout his livestream.
He additionally defined that he could be greater than prepared to donate much more. He revealed that he has little interest in politics, and all he needs is to unfold love and pleasure within the leisure trade.
Borough Chief Teng was very verbal about being upset with Jacky Wu’s strategies.
He expressed his dislike of feeling authorities officers have been compelled to contribute totally free in advertising Wu’s APP to be able to purchase assessments for residents of the realm.
He even questioned the amount of cash Wu spent on the assessments. Teng additionally angrily referred to as Wu a liar and a cheat (空手套白狼).
In an interview with Liberty Occasions on Monday (自由時報), Teng additionally revealed that registering for the APP requires filling in private data, which Wu is just not allowed to promote. Teng says that he’ll stick by his phrases and his perception that Wu’s strategies aren’t the very best.