The Kuomintang Party accused Xu Jiaqing, chairman of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Council, of abusing his privileges by using a public car to take his children abroad. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it would clarify

Yesterday, the People's Party caucus cited people with knowledge of the situation abroad who reported that Xu Jiaqing, chairman of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Council, had his son pretend to be a "photographer" to accompany him on business trips to France, Germany and other countries, and his husband Tang Bowei even used an official car to visit Washington privately; Deputy Foreign Minister Wu Zhizhong said this The case has been asked to be clarified by the overseas representative office. At the same time, Xu was declared to be "also a mother" and had the responsibility to take care of her son. However, the People's Party group once again criticized the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for saying an investigation yesterday and "playing a guiding chess" today. Irony is the prerogative of the "new trend" of the DPP.

Executive President Zhuo Rongtai went to the Legislative Yuan today (6th) to continue delivering the policy address. Parliamentary Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Wu Zhizhong also attended for consultation. Before the meeting, he was asked about the controversy over the privileges of Chairman Xu Jiaqing of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Council. He said, first, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has not received any reports regarding Chairman Xu Jiaqing’s son. However, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the representative office in Germany have begun to clarify the truth. If there are results, they will report to everyone. Second, everyone must understand that Chairman Xu Jiaqing is also a mother and must take care of her 14-year-old son.

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In this regard, the People's Party caucus chief and legislator Chen Qinglong criticized Xu for abusing his privileges to take his son around the country on public trips at public expense, and even let her husband, who did not have a public official status, drive an official vehicle of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This is not only clearly illegal, but also corrupting official ethics to the extreme.

What's even more ridiculous is that Wu Zhizhong immediately came out to defend Xu Jiaqing today, saying that Xu Jiaqing was the mother and therefore had the responsibility of taking care of her. He emphasized that of course the mother has the responsibility of taking care of her, but which mother can be like Xu Jiaqing, who can package her child into a photographer and use public funds to take her child around the world? He even sarcastically said, "This is a privilege standard unique to the new trend." He asked, in the future, whether all civil servants with minor children at home will be able to follow the same rules?

Chen Qinglong lamented that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs only said yesterday that it would initiate an investigation. As a result, today the Parliamentary Secretary has already taken the initiative to extinguish the scandal of Xu Jiaqing. He questioned, "Why should we investigate?" and criticized this move as "official protection" to protect Xu Jiaqing.