Taipei Times
Date: May 25, 2018
By: Jason Pan / Staff reporter
Minister of Education Wu Maw-kuen (吳茂昆) yesterday faced a barrage of criticism from
Minister of Education Wu Maw-kuen, center, answers reporters’ questions yesterday during a meeting of the legislature’s Education and Culture Committee in Taipei while Chinese Nationalist Party lawmakers hold signs that read: “Green terror humiliates educational circles.” Photo: CNA
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) lawmakers in the Legislative Yuan over judicial investigations of high school and university officials.
Wu was asked to present the ministry’s policy and budget reports, and to answer questions at a meeting of the legislature’s Education and Culture Committee, but the session got off to a raucous start.
KMT lawmakers surrounded Wu to protest probes by the Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office and the Ministry of Justice’s Investigation Bureau (MJIB) into several school officials.
The investigations reportedly focus on the controversy over the election process for National Taiwan University (NTU) president and on high-school principals who have helped students apply for admission to Chinese universities. [FULL STORY]
