The China Post
Date: August 27, 2016
By: Joseph Yeh
TAIPEI, Taiwan — The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Friday denied lawmakers’ accusations that
MOFA spokeswoman Eleanor Wang is seen in this undated file photo. (Daisy Chuang, Special to The China Post )
it had been negligent in the handling of a case involving a Turkish envoy who left Taiwan amid accusations of sexual harassment.
Turkish Trade Office in Taipei (TTOT) deputy representative Halil Ibrahim Dokuyucu, who was arrested last month for allegedly groping a woman at a Taipei bar, left Taiwan on Aug. 18.
Both ruling and opposition lawmakers have accused MOFA of failing to apply stronger pressure on Turkey and to keep a close eye on the envoy — negligence that resulted in the envoy leaving Taiwan before local prosecutors could investigate complaints against him.
MOFA spokeswoman Eleanor Wang told The China Post that the ministry and its representative office in Turkey had done their best to pressure their Turkish counterparts over the envoy’s case, to no avail. [FULL STORY]