One day after the sensationalist new magazine Next (
Ying raised in the legislature his suspicion that Chao had been photographed by the magazine driving an official car bearing a presidential office pass.
He said that if the car was a personal car -- and not one belonging to the Presidential Office -- then it shouldn't display a pass because Chao had not yet married the president's daughter Chen Ching-yu (
"Who is going to guarantee the security of the Presidential Office if people who don't work there, such as Chao, can easily get inside?" Ying asked yesterday.
Yin also said mockingly: "Although everyone hates paparazzi, you can't deny that the magazine also makes [useful] contributions like this."
In response, the Presidential Office yesterday released a written statement saying that the car Chao was driving, bearing the license plate number 8A9843, was an official vehicle for the use of members of the first family.
The statement added that Chen usually drives the car to work, but it so happened that Chen asked Chao to drive her on the day the photo was taken.
The statement brushed aside Ying's concerns and said that the security of the Presidential Office was adequate.
Chao was also pursued by the media to comment on his past romances and his future relationship with Chen. He did not show up in Lotung township, Ilan County (
National Taiwan University Hospital (NTUH) later confirmed that the reason for Chao's absence was that his father, Chao Yu-chu (
An NTUH spokesman, Chen Ming-feng (
Meanwhile, People First Party member Lin Yu-fang (
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