Taipei's mayor is under pressure over a preschool that allegedly used his personal thank-you note as a marketing tool, which is bad news for parents who say they were misled.

• A Taipei childcare center allegedly used a handwritten thank-you letter from Mayor Chiang Wan-an in its recruitment ads, making parents think the city vouched for it.
• Former staff say management bragged the mayor's child attended and that the owner had close ties to city hall, and only reported problems after quitting.
• Those complaints include feeding young children expired and blackened food, along with other mistreatment.
• Chiang said he did not approve the use of his letter, that his child was at an infant care center rather than the preschool, and that the facility has been heavily fined and shut down.
• City councilor Chien Shu-pei called his answers evasive and pushed him to say whether the city will pursue fraud charges.

Outlook: Pressure will keep building on the mayor to move beyond fines and decide whether to take legal action over the misuse of his name.