Posters of Taiwan table tennis star Chiang Hung-chieh part of a COVID-19 prevention campaign were taken down after allegations he had used “verbal aggression” against his wife, top Japanese table tennis player Ai Fukuhara, reports said Thursday (March 4).

Media from Taiwan and Japan were with reports that Fukuhara had filed for divorce after Chiang insulted her. The reports added she had fled to her native country and was seeing another man.

As to the posters, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said they had been removed because the campaign had reached its end. Up until Wednesday, Chiang’s pictures adorned the entrance to the room where the CECC held its almost daily news conferences with updates on Taiwan’s coronavirus situation, according to the report.

A CECC representative explained at Thursday’s conference that each campaign was valid for a specific period, and that it was normal for campaign spokespersons to be replaced.