The Overseas Chinese Affairs Council said it had no inspection business and the special report was largely blank. Xu Qiaoxin was outrageous: I would rather you write "The Demon is praised"

Xu Jiaqing, the former chairman of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Council, has been involved in the controversy of abusing public funds to go abroad. Xu Qiaoxin, the blue committee member who is also the convener, arranged for the Overseas Chinese Affairs Council to report on the "implementation of expenses for overseas inspections on official business" today (15th). However, two-thirds of the special reports of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Council were blank. It stated that the business over the years had only three items: "inspections, visits, and meetings." Therefore, there was no budget for overseas trips under the "inspection" category, and there were no inspection cases. Xu Qiaoxin called it "too outrageous."

The Foreign Affairs and National Defense Committee of the Legislative Yuan today invited Li Yanhui, acting chairman of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Commission, to report on the "Overseas Chinese Affairs Commission's management of overseas trips on official business, overseas reception and use of official resources", and invited Deputy Foreign Minister Wu Zhizhong to attend and prepare for questions. At the same time, the Overseas Chinese Affairs Commission's letter to the fourth quarter of 2014 was reviewed.

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Li Yanhui asked for leave from the committee from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. today due to other schedules. In addition, the Overseas Chinese Affairs Council's special report "Execution Form for Inspection Expenses for Personnel Sending Abroad on Official Work" has a total of 4 pages including a front cover and a back cover. Only the first page has content, and the remaining pages are blank. It states that the Overseas Chinese Affairs Council’s budget for official overseas trips is divided into three categories: “inspection,” “visit,” and “meeting.” Over the years, there has been no budget for overseas trips under the “inspection” category, and there have been no inspection cases.

Xu Qiaoxin said in an interview before the meeting that it was actually a bit outrageous. A printed manual would take at least four pages, and the Overseas Chinese Affairs Council could not fill even a few pages. They also told everyone that there was no inspection fee, and the Overseas Chinese Affairs Council people could not come, and the review form they were given was blank, which was quite regrettable.

Xu Qiaoxin pointed out that what the committee requested was overseas visits and internships by the Overseas Chinese Affairs Council. When the budget was first reviewed, it was said that it could be provided. As a result, the inspection expenses were stuffed into inspections, visits and meetings, so that the special report was blank, and then it was pretended to be sent to the committee for review. Is this acceptable to the people?

Xu Qiaoxin also said that in the past, MPs’ inspection reports had “demon praise”. “I would rather you have more content on the first page, ‘Demon’, on the second page, ‘Longevity’, and on the third page, ‘Like’, than you do now. Isn’t that outrageous?” If the central government is not afraid of losing face, they are not afraid of censorship. Even if it is blank, it will still be censored today.

Faced with a question from DPP legislator Luo Meiling, Vice Chairman of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Council Lai Liying explained that the Overseas Chinese Affairs Council has indeed not conducted inspections over the years. The Legislative Yuan has requested the upload of communiqués every month, and it is indeed zero every time. Because there is no inspection business, their business is overseas, so the business only includes inspections, visits, and meetings.