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Taiwan's opposition Democratic Progressive Party called for heightened security for all candidates in Saturday's presidential elections after a gun scare involving party leader Tsai Ing-wen.

What's News— 2012

Patrick Lin/AFP/Getty Images A sculpture of an "angry bird" video game character, made from piggy banks, was displayed as an emblem of Tsai Ing-wen, the Democratic Progressive Party's presidential candidate, outside her campaign office in Taichung, Taiwan, on Tuesday.

Asia in Pictures 2012

At a news conference on Tuesday, the DPP said it had discovered that hackers with IP addresses linked to China had gained access to email accounts of officials working at the party's headquarters as well as the campaign office for its presidential candidate, Tsai Ing-wen.

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Some market players warn that if Mr. Ma is not re-elected, Taiwanese shares could suffer on worries about challenger Tsai Ing-wen would slow efforts for strengthening ties with Beijing.

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Taiwan's main stock-market index has fallen 4% since mid-October, underperforming the regional MSCI Asia ex-Japan Index's 2.9% decline over the same period, as challenger Tsai Ing-wen and her Democratic Progressive Party has wiped out the gap in the polls with President Ma Ying-jeou and the ruling Kuomintang.

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He will face either Tsai Ing-wen or Su Tseng-chang of the opposition Democratic Progressive Party, which will choose its own candidate in an island-wide public opinion survey early next month.

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"We are not too worried because we believe that after so many elections, voters in Taiwan are quite rational and mature," said a spokesman for the opposition Democratic Progressive Party, whose candidate, Tsai Ing-wen, is running neck and neck with ruling Kuomintang President Ma Ying-jeou.

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Polls have showed differing results in recent weeks, but a May 12 survey by Taiwan magazine Global Views showed Mr. Ma neck and neck with opposition candidate Tsai Ing-wen, each with about 39% of the vote.

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In presidential elections slated for January, Mr. Ma will square off against opposition Democratic Progressive Party candidate Tsai Ing-wen, a 54-year-old former law professor and the country's first female presidential candidate.

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TAIPEI—Taiwan's opposition Democratic Progressive Party called for heightened security for all candidates in Saturday's presidential elections after a gun-scare involving party leader Tsai Ing-wen in the southern city of Taichung.

Gun Scare Jolts Taiwan Campaign Paul Mozur 2012