Kuan faces public hearing about alleged double job
Taiwan News
Date: 2019/07/02
By: Matthew Strong, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
NTU President Kuan Chung-ming (center, with umbrella). (By Central News Agency)
The Public Functionary Disciplinary Sanction Commission was looking into an estimated NT$650,000 (US$20,600) per year or approximately NT$2 million over three years from anonymous opinion pieces in the media while he was serving in the Cabinet, reports said.
The issue was one of several which hobbled the former Kuomintang minister’s selection as head of Taiwan’s most prestigious university. He was only appointed after about a year of consideration by the Ministry of Education.
In a statement about Tuesday’s hearing, Kuan blamed it on the reaction to his selection as NTU president in January last year. The outcome of that process had displeased a minority of ruling camp members, he said, according to the United Daily News. [FULL STORY]
