The crooked career path of Sophie Wang (王筱嬋) took another twist yesterday after a top TV editor announced she will start reporting from the Legislative Yuan on behalf of his news network next Monday.
Global TV news editor Wang Chung-lung (王鐘龍) said that he made the decision to hire the former actress during an one-hour interview, citing Wang's previous experience as a reporter as adequate credentials for the job.
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Sophie Wang, 40, is notorious for a string of love affairs, first with KMT Legislator John Chang (章孝嚴) and later with former DPP lawmaker Cheng Yu-chen (鄭余鎮).
Asked whether chairman of Global TV Cheng Chun-hung (張俊宏), who is a member of the DPP's central standing committee, would oppose Sophie Wang's employment, Wang Chung-lung said he believed Chang would respect his decision.
In response to Sophie Wang's new job, Cheng Yu-chen, who now sits as an independent after being dumped from the DPP over his conduct with Wang, said he was not concerned by Wang's new career as long as she did not target him personally as a legislative reporter.
Cheng said he respected Wang's right to work and congratulated her on her new job.
He added that he hoped Wang could also respect her profession and be a good reporter.
According to ETTV, Sophie Wang contacted Global TV in order to get a job as a reporter. As part of the press pack, she would be entitled to enter the legislature legally.
Wang said yesterday she would work with a professional attitude and would not involve her personal life with her work.
John Chang resigned as the presidential secretary-general in 1999 for an alleged affair with a woman widely believed to have been Sophie Wang.
Wang and Cheng Yu-chen eloped to the US last year where they reportedly were married. Cheng, however, returned to Taiwan three months later, claiming he had been physically abused by Wang.
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