Foxconn billionaire Terry Gou meets KMT heavyweight in Taipei, fuelling talk of election bid
- Former legislative speaker Wang Jin-pyng confirms the pair had a ‘good talk’ on weekend and says they will ‘fight for Taiwan together’, without elaborating
- Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je, who is starting a new party, says he is confident he could work with Gou and Wang – like ‘lions and tigers live together’
Taiwan’s former legislative speaker Wang Jin-pyng had a two-hour meeting with billionaire Terry Gou Tai-ming over the weekend, fuelling speculation they could team up with Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je to launch a presidential bid in January.
Foxconn founder Gou, who lost to Kaohsiung Mayor Han Kuo-yu in the opposition Kuomintang’s primary race, met Wang in Taipei after returning from Europe, Gou’s spokeswoman Amanda Liu said on Sunday.
Speaking to reporters on Monday, Wang said he had turned down an offer from Han to be his running mate and confirmed that he and Gou had a “good talk” on the weekend.
“We will meet any time in the future … and fight for Taiwan together,” said Wang, a veteran KMT politician, without elaborating.
Speculation has been mounting over whether Gou will leave the Beijing-friendly KMT and run as an independent to challenge Han and President Tsai Ing-wen of the independence-leaning Democratic Progressive Party, who is seeking a second term.
