Taiwan News
Date: 2016-06-17
By: Matthew Strong, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Former Presidential Secretary-General Tseng Yung-chuan left on a trip to Europe without alerting the new government, with his application having been approved by ex-President Ma Ying-jeou, reports said Friday.

The Classified National Security Information Protection Act requires top officials to ask permission to leave the country within three years after leaving office. The law was used to bar Ma from addressing a media event in Hong Kong earlier this week.

Tseng was visiting Europe from June 10 to 17 in order to attend a conference of the World League for Freedom and Democracy in Bulgaria, but the current administration of President Tsai Ing-wen was not aware of the trip, reports said.

Apparently, Ma had approved Tseng’s request on May 9, before Tsai’s inauguration on May 20.     [FULL  STORY]