didacy for president. "That letter was a fake," said Wang, president of the Legislative Yuan.
It was sent out via American Online Monday, according to the United Daily News.
A denial followed at once, but Wang made another denial to the press condemning the sender for "an attempt to divide" the Kuomintang.
In the letter, the sender said Wang, "sad and indignant," is prepared to "run for president in March 2008." It also urged Ma Ying-jeou to admit he had pocketed his expense account allowances.
As a matter of fact, Wang did not even participate in the Kuomintang presidential primaries in May. Ma, former party chairman who ran unopposed, will be formally nominated on June 24.
Ma is standing trial for corruption, charged with misusing his expense account while he was mayor of Taipei from 1998 to 2006. If convicted and sentenced to over 10 years in prison, he may be disqualified as presidential candidate.
"I was angry," Wang said, "when I came to know the fake letter was sent in my name." "Later," he added, "I thought it nothing of any importance, though I have to condemn the forgery."
Though Wu Den-yih, Kuomintang secretary-general, called for an investigation, the parliament speaker said he is not going to try to find out who sent that letter.
"let's forget about it," Wang said.
Wu said the Kuomintang should try to track down the sender. "If he were a member," the party secretary-general stressed,"he would be expelled."
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