But this unfortunate news wasn't exactly new. In 2007 Nantou County Council member Chou Yi-hsiung had hired Xie Jinxun, a licensed civil engineer, to carry out a study that reached a similar conclusion. But Xie's study was considered alarmist and subsequently ignored.
這個消息其實不算「新聞」，早在 2007 年，南投縣議員周義雄就曾委託執業土木技師謝金勳進行研究獲致相似結論，然而當時卻被質疑是危言聳聽。