Taiwan media said she had an affair with a married police officer assigned to serve as her bodyguard. Read more at straitstimes.com.
, a democracy of 23 million people, complicates the run-up to a presidential election coming in January 2024. That race is being closely watched in the US, which supplies Taiwan with weapons to defend against any military aggression by Beijing.
US President Joe Biden has repeatedly said the US would defend Taiwan if it was attacked, though aides walked back his comments each time. Ms Kolas is a former lawmaker who ran for local office in Hualien county, in eastern Taiwan, in November last year.
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