Xu Jiaqing responded to the dispute over the Overseas Chinese Affairs Council’s budget and family affairs: He said that it was legal after two inspections

The Legislative Yuan will continue its general policy inquiry today, and Xu Jiaqing, chairman of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Commission, will attend as a non-voting representative. (Photo by reporter Wang Yisong)

After the Overseas Chinese Affairs Council Chairman Xu Jiaqing'er was exposed for using his privileges to board Dongsha Island, the People's Party group recently exposed that his son pretended to be a "photographer" to accompany him on business trips to France, Germany and other countries, while her husband Tang Bowei used a private official car to visit Washington. To this end, Xu Jiaqing stated today (6th) that the Overseas Chinese Affairs Council's use of official budgets has been inspected twice in the past two or three months, proving that everything was handled in accordance with the law and that nothing for profit had occurred.

The Popular Party Group recently accused Xu Jiaqing of taking his son, who was under 14 years old at the time, to travel around the country after he became the vice chairman. From his son’s social posts, it was found that the check-in locations highly overlapped with Xu Jiaqing’s business trip. In addition, Xu Jiaqing's husband is not a diplomat of the Republic of China, nor is he on the official car insurance list, but he drove the official diplomatic car across state lines to New York without authorization and took his family on a trip.

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The Legislative Yuan held a meeting today and invited Executive President Zhuo Rongtai to deliver his policy address and prepare questions. Xu Jiaqing was present. Ma Wenjun mentioned during the inquiry that Chairman Xu Jiaqing of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Council has recently been questioned by the outside world regarding the use of official cars, budget use, and the participation of family members in official travel. Can Chairman Xu Jiaqing please take the time to explain?

Public budget usage data Xu Jiaqing: From being investigated in 2020 to now

Xu Jiaqing said that the Overseas Chinese Affairs Council has used the official budget from the beginning in accordance with relevant regulations in the past, including routine reviews this year and inspections by the Audit Department of the Supervisory Yuan. Members of the Kuomintang Party did not ask for another inspection. In fact, it has been inspected twice in the past two or three months. The information has been checked from 2020 to the present, which very clearly proves that everything is handled in accordance with the law, and nothing happened to benefit individuals or private interests.

Ma Wenjun said that in the past, they tried their best to assist with budgets related to diplomacy and overseas Chinese affairs so that everyone could implement them smoothly. However, in the face of this problem, they hope that Chairman Xu Jiaqing can provide more detailed information in the future, because the distinction between internal and external, public and private must be clear in order to explain to the people. With the budget constantly increasing, every penny of tax dollars must be carefully grasped and measured.