DIFFERENCES
Taipei Mayor Hau Lung-bin (郝龍斌) offered a different account, saying the city government’s directive on the expansion of the district was issued in accordance with the Presidential Office’s plan.
Seeking to prevent the matter from escalating, Presidential Office Secretary-General Liao Liou-yi (廖了以) summoned Taipei Deputy Mayor Lee Yong-ping (李永萍) and Department of Urban Development Commissioner Ting Yu-chun (丁育群) to discuss the matter on Sept. 30.
Hau revoked the new restriction on the height of buildings in the special district shortly after the meeting.
KMT Legislator Lo Shu-lei (羅淑蕾) said the Control Yuan should censure the president if he broke the law, adding that this was how such matters were resolved in democracies. The Control Yuan, however, is not empowered to censure a sitting president.
BODYGUARD
Meanwhile, Wang yesterday refused to comment on the magazine’s report of a presidential bodyguard who allegedly fathered a child out of wedlock.
Saying that he would not comment on personal issues, Wang said they would only consider making adjustments to the bodyguard’s job if his personal life interfered with his work.
The allegation came on the heels of other problems involving Ma’s security detail.
The Presidential Office last month confirmed that one of Ma’s bodyguards had acted “inappropriately” while under the influence of alcohol onboard the presidential plane when Ma visited the nation’s diplomatic allies in Central America in June.
There were also allegations that some of Ma’s senior security detail had drinking problems and that first lady Chow Mei-ching (周美青) had witnessed their bad behavior.
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