Three Hospitalized in Taiwan After Mistaking Election Campaign Laundry Pods for Candy

Nationalist Party candidate Hou Yu-ih's campaign distributed about 460,000 detergent pods, leading to confusion and hospitalizations.

Three people were hospitalized after mistakenly eating colorful pods of liquid laundry detergent that were distributed as a campaign freebie in Taiwan's presidential race.
The pods came in partially clear packaging with photos of Nationalist Party candidate Hou Yu-ih and his running mate.
A Nationalist campaign office gave out about 460,000 pods.
Those hospitalized included an 80-year-old man and an 86-year-old woman who were released after having their stomachs flushed.
The Nationalist Party is also known by its Chinese name, Kuomintang, or KMT.