‘QUID PRO QUO’:A report said that the Presidential Office attempted to leverage an incident involving a drunk diplomat to gain diplomatic immunity for officials in Turkey

Taipei Times
Date: Aug 18, 2016
By: Stacy Hsu / Staff reporter

Presidential Office spokesman Alex Huang (黃重諺) yesterday rejected a media report alleging that the office had sought to cover up a recent police assault case involving Turkish Office Deputy Representative Halil Ibrahim Dokuyucu, in what it called a failed attempt to bargain for diplomatic immunity for Taiwanese officials stationed in Turkey.

“The accusations made in the report were created out of nothing,” Huang said when asked to verify the authenticity of a report published in the Chinese-language Want Weekly magazine.

Huang said that the office was extremely troubled by media outlets seeking to dodge their fact-checking responsibilities by citing anonymous tip-offs and publishing erroneous reports.     [FULL  STORY]