The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) on Saturday pledged to investigate an accusation that former Hualien County commissioner and KMT Legislator Fu Kun-chi sexually harassed a reporter in 2014.
The KMT in a statement said that “there is no room for ambiguity” and that it would immediately launch an internal investigation into the accusation.
The party would defend gender equality and women’s rights, it said.
Photo: Wang Chien-hao, Taipei Times
Mirror Fiction general manager Tung Cheng-yu (董成瑜), a former reporter and screenwriter who worked at Next Magazine, earlier in the day wrote on Facebook that a KMT county commissioner who now serves as a legislator “grabbed her head and kissed her” during a banquet attended by Next Magazine senior managers in 2014.
Tung said she immediately stood up and protested before leaving the scene.
In a follow-up post, she named the person as Fu.
Fu has denied the accusation.
The 61-year-old said he “has never sexually harassed any female or subordinate.”
“I am a family man and have never been involved in a love scandal, nor did I meet privately with women during my 20-year political career,” Fu said.
He said that he fully respects gender equality, and urged Tung to file a lawsuit if she believes she was sexually harassed by him.
Fu served as commissioner from 2009 to 2018 before being removed from his post to serve two years and 10 months in prison for stock manipulation.
The latest case surfaced following a series of sexual harassment or assault allegations involving current and former Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) members.
DPP Legislator Fan Yun (范雲), former DPP legislator Yu Mei-nu (尤美女) and members of gender equity groups in a joint statement expressed support for victims of sexual harassment.
“The ongoing reports of sexual harassment, along with the responses from perpetrators of the crime, could trigger traumatic experiences for some victims... We want to offer counseling and legal aid to victims,” the statement said.
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