He appealed straight to Taiwanese-born Ke Ting-hsuen, who was Mayor of Hualien County at that time, saying "You're Taiwanese yourself; I'm teaching the kids to speak your own mother language. If you really want to discipline me for that, just go ahead and see what comes of ti!"
他直接找上當時本省籍的花蓮縣長柯丁選申訴，「我說你是本省人，我教小朋友說你的母語，然後你卻要記我過，這件事你看著辦吧！」