BONE OF CONTENTION: Members of a southern California alumni association said the university might have urged it to give the controversial president-elect a chance to speak
Taipei Times
Date: Jul 08, 2018
By: Nadia Tsao / Staff reporter in WASHINGTON
Nearly 50 National Taiwan University (NTU) alumni residing in California on Friday voiced
National Taiwan University president-elect Kuan Chung-ming speaks to media in Taipei on June 10. Photo: Fang Pin-chao, Taipei Times
opposition to the local alumni association’s decision to invite Kuan Chung-ming (管中閔) as the main speaker at its upcoming annual meeting, which they said Kuan might use to explain away his controversy.
The NTU Alumni Association of Southern California is to hold its 45th annual conference on July 21 at the Pacific Palms Resort in California.
Kuan, an Academia Sinica academician, was elected NTU president on Jan. 5 and would have taken office on Feb. 1, but his appointment was not approved by the Ministry of Education amid allegations of plagiarism, a conflict of interest and a flawed election process.
The election controversy has led to the resignation of education ministers Pan Wen-chung (潘文忠) in April and Wu Maw-kuen (吳茂昆) in May. [FULL STORY]
