wu contested the sanmin district seat on the kaohsiung city council during the 2002 municipal elections, representing the taiwan solidarity union. he and another tsu candidate, chen ying-tsan, split the vote, and neither were elected. in november 2003, legislator chiu yi accused , , , and wu of writing for "special report", a series ridiculing active politicians produced by bi-sheng broadcasting. the parties involved exchanged lawsuits. in december 2003, chiang, lin, shieh, and wu founded the online television channel f4.