Taipei Times
Date: Sep 09, 2016
By: Yang Ming-yi and Yang Yuan-ting / Staff reporters

Former National Palace Museum (NPM) director Feng Ming-chu (馮明珠) did not inform the museum before traveling to China and accepting a post with the Beijing Palace Museum, the NPM’s deputy director said yesterday.

Feng was on Tuesday hired by the Beijing museum’s research institute as a research adviser, less than four months after stepping down from the Taipei post.

Lee Ching-hui (李靜慧), the NPM’s deputy director, initially responded to the news by saying that Feng has the right to a job, but yesterday said that “the National Palace Museum had absolutely no prior knowledge [of her actions].”

The Executive Yuan requires former government officials to obtain approval from the agency they had worked for before visiting China — with a time frame ranging from three months after leaving their job to three years, depending on how confidential the agency’s business is.     [FULL  STORY]