SPEAKING OUT OF TURN: The KMT said that Vincent Hsu did not represent the party when he made comments about the virus and would be suspended
Taipei Times
Date: Feb 08, 2020
By: Chien Li-chung and Dennis Xie / Staff reporter, with staff writer
A member of a pro-Taiwan independence group yesterday filed a complaint with the Taipei
Taiwan Republic Office director Chilly Chen, left, at the Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office yesterday files a suit against Vincent Hsu, who represents a self-help group of Taiwanese in Wuhan and helped arrange the passenger list for the first charter flight from Wuhan on Monday.
Photo: Chien Li-chung, Taipei Times
The flight, which landed in Taoyuan, sparked debate when it was discovered that three of the 247 people on board had not been on the priority list Taiwan provided to China.
The outcry escalated when one of the three passengers tested positive for the 2019 novel coronavirus, becoming the nation’s 11th case.
Hsu, who represents a self-help group of Taiwanese in Wuhan and helped arrange the flight, could have breached the Anti-Infiltration Act (反滲透法) and the Act Governing Relations Between the People of the Taiwan Area and the Mainland Area (兩岸人民關係條例) by helping China “smuggle” extra passengers on board the flight, Taiwan Republic Office director Chilly Chen (陳峻涵) said. [FULL STORY]
