SILENT: Kuan Chung-ming has yet to provide an explanation for the allegations, necessitating the government to establish a task force, the education minister said
Taipei Times
Date: Apr 12, 2018
By: Ann Maxon / Staff reporter
Minister of Education Pan Wen-chung (潘文忠) yesterday called on National Taiwan
Minister of Education PanWen-chung answers questions yesterday at the Legislative Yuan in Taipei. Photo: Fang Pin-chao, Taipei Times
University (NTU) president-elect Kuan Chung-ming (管中閔) to respond to allegations that he had illegally worked in China, saying that Kuan’s appointment would not be approved if a government task force found the allegation to be true.
Kuan was elected the university’s president on Jan. 5 and has since been accused of conflict of interest, plagiarism and having illegally taught in China.
He was originally scheduled to take office on Feb. 1.
The Ministry of Education will not approve Kuan’s appointment if he were found to have illegally worked in China, Pan told a meeting of the legislature’s Education and Culture Committee.
According to the Act of Governing the Appointment of Educators (教育人員任用條例), public university professors cannot hold part-time positions at institutions in China, he said. [FULL STORY]
