UNANIMOUS DECISION: The former minister contributed capital to Spiranthes Biotech, which is in contravention of the Public Functionary Service Act, the Control Yuan said
Taipei Times
Date: Jul 04, 2018
By: Aaron Tu and Chien Huei-ru / Staff reporters
Former minister of education Wu Maw-kuen (吳茂昆) was yesterday impeached by the
From left: Control Yuan members Gau Fehng-shian, Lin Ya-feng and Yang Mei-ling hold a news conference at the Control Yuan in Taipei yesterday to announce the impeachment of former minister of education Wu Maw-kuen. Photo: CNA
Control Yuan for contravening the Public Functionary Service Act (公務員服務法) and Act on the Recusal of Public Servants Due to Conflict of Interest (公職人員利益衝突迴避法) after he was found to have applied for patents for a technology owned by National Dong Hwa University in the name of his company.
The Control Yuan in April launched an investigation into Wu’s involvement with a company called Spiranthes Biotech LLC, which he founded in California in 2015, after Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Ko Chih-en (柯志恩) accused him of illegally founding the company and applying for patents for technology he invented with a research team at the university.
Members on the Control Yuan’ examination committee unanimously voted to impeach Wu. It was the first time an examination committee at a government branch held an open vote that resulted in a unanimous decision. [FULL STORY]