TAIPEI (Reuters) - The speaker of the city council in southern Taiwan's Kaohsiung jumped to his death late on Saturday after the mayor lost a highly-charged recall vote, casting a deep pall over what was an already acrimonious campaign.
Kaohsiung Mayor Han Kuo-yu, from the main opposition party the Kuomintang which traditionally favours close ties with China, was soundly beaten in the recall vote, accusing the ruling Democratic Progressive Party of smearing his name to get him out of office.
Kaohsiung police said city council speaker Hsu Kun-yuan jumped to his death from his 17th-floor apartment a few hours after the announcement of Han's defeat, though the case is still being investigated.Han wrote on his Facebook page that he was heartbroken.
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