National Tsing Hua University (NTHU) secretary-general Lee Min (李敏) confirmed on Monday that the school had dismissed a professor who was embroiled in a sexual assault case two years ago, but said that the case was still under investigation.
Lee said the professor had been suspended last year before being dismissed from his position last month.
The Hsinchu District Prosecutors’ Office said a doctoral student alleged the professor sexually assaulted her in September 2013 and the student later filed charges against the professor both with the prosecutors’ office and the university.
The married professor — while admitting to having an affair — said that the student had initiated it.
He said she had sent coded text messages to him, as well as the song Fly Me to the Moon by Bart Howard.
The messages read: “I can’t stop thinking about you” and “Can I like you in private?”
LOVE-SICK SCHOOLBOY
The student said the professor initiated the affair and wrote her love letters, which said that he should not complicate matters by crossing the line (by having an affair with a student) and asking for her forgiveness for acting like an irrational, love-sick schoolboy.
The student developed a manic-depressive disorder and dropped out of university due to the pressure caused by the case, the student’s family said.
The family said it would appeal the prosecutors’ decision not to file charges against the professor.
“We hope justice will prevail and that she should not suffer without consequence,” the family said.
The prosecutors’ office said it would not press charges of sexual assault, but that it recognized that there was a factual basis for claims of sexual harassment.
The university’s review committee ordered the director of the school to attend eight hours of gender equality courses for making the comment: “Girls should just wash their mouths out after being kissed,” in relation to the case, Lee said
The director can appeal the decision, Lee added.
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