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Robespierres Neck
23rd March 2012, 04:06
I saw a video years ago of a Japanese politician speaking at an assembly. After his speech, he pulls out a knife and stabs his left arm repetitively, obviously making a comment against leftist politics. He walks off the panel with a clearly painful metaphor dangling beside him.

Does anyone know where I can find this video, or have any other information on the man or time period this took place? Thank you.
PhoenixAsh
23rd March 2012, 19:16
Well....I remember this video


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l'Enfermé
23rd March 2012, 19:39
The guy is speaking Chinese, not Japanese, as far as I can tell, and the comments say it's Taiwan and not Japan, the footage is just from a Japanese show.
kitsune
23rd March 2012, 19:54
The guy is speaking Chinese, not Japanese, as far as I can tell, and the comments say it's Taiwan and not Japan, the footage is just from a Japanese show.

Yes, that's Taiwan, not Japan. He is Liu Hui-hsiung, a National Assembly member with the Democratic Progressive Party, a social democrat party, not right wing. He was protesting his innocence in connection with a corruption scandal. This was in 1995.
l'Enfermé
23rd March 2012, 20:03
Yes, that's Taiwan, not Japan. He is Liu Hui-hsiung, a National Assembly member with the Democratic Progressive Party, a social democrat party, not right wing. He was protesting his innocence in connection with a corruption scandal. This was in 1995.
http://articles.latimes.com/1995-08-17/news/mn-36060_1_corruption-scandal


TAIPEI, Taiwan — A Taiwanese politician stabbed himself during a session of the National Assembly on Wednesday as he protested to fellow assembly members that he was not involved in a corruption scandal.
State television showed independent national assemblyman Liu Hui-hsiung, 30, using a knife to stab his left arm three times during a speech to proclaim his innocence.

Liu, a former member of the main opposition Democratic Progressive Party, was sentenced last week to 18 months in prison after he was convicted of taking kickbacks to use his influence in a legal case.
He was reportedly in stable condition Wednesday after being rushed to a hospital.
Robespierres Neck
26th March 2012, 03:13
Ah, my apologies. Like I said, it has been a while since I've seen the video. Thanks for the help.