Lee Hung-hsi, a professor emeritus at National Taiwan University (NTU), recently criticized judges and prosecutors in language that reflected badly on his moral character.

Speaking at a rally held on Saturday by supporters of former president Chen Shui-bian, Lee, who taught Chen when the latter was studying at NTU, condemned the judges and prosecutors who he believed had treated Chen unfairly.

The former president is now confined in the Tucheng Penitentiary on charges of corruption and money laundering. As more and more evidence emerges showing Chen may be guilty, even some core DPP members are saying Chen has misbehaved and that the party should cut its ties to the former president.

At Saturday’s rally, Lee railed against the judges and prosecutors: “I would like to curse them (the judges and prosecutors) and wish them and their children and grandchildren bad deaths!”

The denunciation would not have caused an outcry, had it come from someone with little education. But Lee is a distinguished scholar who has taught at the country’s top university.

Lee should apologize to the judges and prosecutors, who certainly do not deserve such a nasty curse.

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