Terry Gou, the founder of major Apple supplier Foxconn, on Thursday said his running mate in Taiwan’s presidential election next year would be Tammy Lai, an actress who starred in a high-profile Netflix drama. After months of speculation, the billionaire Gou announced his run as an independent candidate last month, though he has continued to run at the bottom of most opinion polls and well behind the favourite, the ruling Democratic Progressive Party’s (DPP) William Lai, currently Taiwan’s vice president.
At a news conference in Taipei, Gou introduced the veteran actress, author and singer Lai as his running mate. She played a presidential candidate in the hit Taiwanese Netflix show Wave Makers earlier this year. At the end of the show, she wins the election.—AFP
