TAIPEI: A Taipei hospital dismissed rumors claiming that former Taiwan leader and key initiator of Taiwan separatism Lee Teng-hui had died after he choked while drinking milk in February, and the report has brought discussions among the mainland netizens as Lee is an infamous separatist.

The Taipei Veterans General Hospital said Lee was not in ideal health, but he was under treatment and his condition was not as bad as some had speculated, local media reported.

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