A case of sexual harassment has been reported in the Taichung Fire Department. On Nov. 5, city councilors Yang Cheng-chung, Huang Hsin-hui, Wu Chiung-hua and some others held a press conference speaking up for female members of the fire department.
The city councilors said that Taichung Mayor Lin Chia-lung was the first mayor in the country who implemented measures for fire department personnel to stay on duty at the fire department overnight. As a consequence, in the overnight shift, staff was drinking alcohol behind closed doors as the supervisor planned to commit a crime. The perpetrator was bailed out and was only suspended from work the next day. Why did he not receive three serious demerits and get fired? Did the city government intend for the perpetrator to keep his pension?
Huang said Lin was also the head of the Taichung City Government’s gender equality committee, and although he knew about the case he did not immediately suspend the perpetrator but allowed him to post bail, which terrified the victim. According to Huang, as head of the gender equality committee Lin had shirked responsibility and displayed ineptness. She also asked the mayor to show responsibility by apologizing to the victim and the citizens.
Photo: Huang Chung-shan, Liberty Times
照片：自由時報記者黃鐘山
In response, Taichung City Government Fire Bureau Chief Hsiao Huan-chang said that after the incident happened, the department had mobilized the inspector, corruption and human resources offices to investigate the case. Apart from conducting the investigation as commanded by the prosecutor, they also immediately notified Lin, who said the issue would be dealt with according to the law and punished accordingly.
(Liberty Times, Translated by Clare Lear)
台中市消防局爆性侵醜聞。市議員楊正中、黃馨慧、吳瓊華等人十一月五日召開記者會為女性消防員發聲。
議員指出，林佳龍率全國之先，實施消防局夜間值勤留宿，結果是值勤時間，關起門集體喝酒，主管預謀犯罪；而加害人第一時間居然交保在外，隔天才被停職。為何不是三大過免職？市府有意協助加害人保住退休金嗎？
黃馨慧表示，林佳龍身兼「台中市性別平等委員會」主委，早知道卻不立即處理讓加害人停職，卻讓他交保，讓受害人心生恐懼；身為性平會主委，根本是失職無能。請市長拿出執政者高度，向被害人、市民道歉。
對此，台中市消防局長蕭煥章表示，事件發生後該局就啟動督察、政風、人事體系調查，除依照檢察官指示作業，並立即向市長林佳龍通報，林市長也指示「依法處理，嚴懲不貸」。
（自由時報記者黃鐘山）
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