According to a report on July 16 by Taiwan’s Zhongshi news website, Zhuang shuohan, a former“Representative in Thailand” of the Taiwan authorities, was involved in sexual harassment in 2022, demanding to shake and warm hands against the wishes of female subordinates, he even asked to go to his room to revise his speech. Taiwan’s“Supervisory Office” on the 16th through the“Supervisory Committee” on the sexual harassment of female subordinates Zhuang Shuohan proposed impeachment case, the whole case transferred to the Disciplinary Court for trial.
Zhuang Shuohan, information map, map from Taiwan Media
According to reports, Taiwan’s“Supervisory Office” said that Zhuang Shuohan’s behavior has met the definition of sexual harassment, Taiwan’s foreign affairs department also made the same determination. Zhuang Shuohan’s sexual harassment not only infringes the human dignity of the victim, but also seriously affects the reputation and image of foreign affairs personnel. On July 4, Taiwan’s“Supervisory Office” examined and passed the impeachment case proposed by“Supervisory Committee members” Zhang Jufang, Wang Lizhen and Ji Huirong, and the whole case was transferred to the Disciplinary Court for trial.
According to the impeachment text of the Taiwan“Supervisory Office”, Zhuang Shuohan was on a business trip from December 3 to 6,2022, while serving as a“Representative in Thailand”, based on an unequal power relationship between the superior and subordinate of a chief executive, against her wishes, she shook her subordinate’s hand (warming hands) . When her hand was warmed up, she shook her subordinate’s hand for a period of 15 to 20 minutes. She even asked her subordinate to go to her room to discuss the revision of her speech.
According to the impeachment text, Zhuang denied any sexual harassment, admitting only that he had sought a handshake from a female subordinate to warm his hands and asked her to go to his room to revise his speech because his hands were cold. Women subordinates are frightened, uncomfortable and offended by the above-mentioned acts, and their human dignity has been violated or interfered with, but they dare not speak out because of their power. Zhuang Shuohan’s behavior has met the definition of sexual harassment, there are serious violations.
According to previous reports in the Taiwanese media, the office of Taiwan’s leaders said on June 21 last year that Zhuang Shuohan had been allowed to resign and should be removed. Due to Zhuang Shuohan in Thailand less than a year lightning resignation, resignation motives triggered speculation. Taiwan’s foreign affairs department immediately said it was personal reasons to resign, but confirmed on the night of the 24th of that month, Zhuang Shuohan suspected of sexual harassment, in the first request Zhuang Shuohan resign. In response, Chiang Kai-chen, a KMT representative, said the foreign ministry had tried to cut the wound to stop the bleeding before it was exposed to the public, so as not to hurt senior officials. “After all, Zhuang was appointed by Tsai Ing-wen,” he said. Jiang Qichen said that the attitude of the foreign affairs department in handling this matter makes people think that there are other cases are also handled with a similar mentality? It feels like a cover-up.