"Elections in Taiwan are everywhere marred by black gold politics. I would say half of the assemblymen and legislators in Taiwan have some connection to organized crime," said Lee Yuan-tseh, Nobel prize winner and now president of the Academia Sinica, addressing a seminar held in September to discuss the political situation.
「國內的選舉充滿了黑金運作的痕跡；民意代表中，一半和黑道有關」，這是中研院院長李遠哲九月間在一項座談會中對政局提出的諍言。