The great-grandson of late Kuomingtang leader Chiang Kai-shek appeared in court in Taipei Thursday, on charges of threatening his former school over Facebook and email.
Chiang You-ching, 23, pled not guilty to charges of threatening the Taiwanese American School (TAS) online. Chiang allegedly posted online that he wanted to kill staff and students at the school, which he attended until he was expelled in 2007, after getting into an "altercation" with another student.
Chiang is charged with threatening the school since August over Facebook and email. When he was charged, media reports quoted Facebook posts by Chiang expressing anger towards TAS associate principal Shaun O'Rourke:
i wanna sue shaun o'rourke and friends aka taipei american school administrative body so bad.... problem is i dont have the cash. but i think im gonna take u to school representing myself i hope for your life here coming to a complete stop and break. [sic]
"I think TAS administrators are a group of ugly, balding and used-up white people," another post read. "They are quite retarded."
Chiang also complained about a sporting injury he had picked up while attending TAS, for which he blamed the school:
my ankle broke…and i went to tas to get money for it cuz a coach crippled me and then i went to tas and talk about it…they made up a bull sh*t story about something i didnt do and threatened me…and now i already got interrogated by the police and are going to court… taipei american school aint nothing but a group of white devils bullying me and i wont stand for it! i have a right to defend my rights as an individual and i willl not violate my rights of living defamation free and without threats for anyone especially not taipei american school… im not the first kid taipei american has tried to ruin. [sic]
Chiang has accused TAS of pursuing a vendetta against him and of targeting him because of his famous family. On Facebook, Chiang claimed that he "developed substance abuse problems and suicidal impulses resulting from the actions taken against [him] on multiple fronts by Taipei American School."
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