Campaign Office Begs Voters to Please Stop Eating Free Laundry Pods

A political stunt is backfiring horribly in Taiwan as at least three people have been hospitalized after eating laundry detergent pods given out as campaign freebies.

Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) presidential candidate Hou You-yi gave out 460,000 pods in support of his campaign, according to the Taipei Times. Hung Jung-chang, the head of Hou’s campaign office, apologized Saturday and said the campaign is now working on “disseminating information” advising voters to stop eating them.

Campaign staffers will also visit the three people known to have required hospital treatment after consuming the pods, Hung added.

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