““I will not hesitate to even sell my house. It (Kuomintang) is my party and I will save it myself.”

—  Hung Hsiu-chu

Hung Hsiu-chu (2016) cited in " KMT Chairwoman Hung would ‘sell her house’ to pay KMT workers’ salaries http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2016/10/09/2003656809" on Taipei Times, 9 October 2016

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