KMT Chairwoman Cheng Li-wun travelled to Taitung to campaign for Wu Hsiu-hua, the party's nominee for county magistrate, casting the investigation into the farm road corruption case as a political vendetta by the ruling party — a rallying cry for the pan-blue camp and an attack on the DPP.

• Cheng said the DPP is using judicial means to suppress Wu Hsiu-hua and create a chilling effect.
• She said their opponents have no record of achievement and can only rely on the state apparatus to intimidate voters.
• She threw her support behind Wu Hsiu-hua as pragmatic in her work and close to the grassroots, a Taitung "local".
• The Taitung support association was jointly established by local civic groups and residents from various ethnic communities, with a message of comprehensive unity.
• The appeal is to build on the foundation laid by successive county magistrates and to turn out in force on election day.

Outlook: The progress of the judicial proceedings in the farm road corruption case will become the central axis of the Taitung magistrate race, and the clashes between the blue and green camps will only grow more intense.