The National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) yesterday announced that it would terminate funding for a research project and recover previously disbursed subsidies after investigators found that student athletes had been inappropriately compelled to provide blood samples.
The project was cohosted by former National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU) women’s soccer coach Chou Tai-ying (周台英), who allegedly forced players to participate in research between 2019 and last year.
Chou allegedly threatened students with the loss of graduation credits if they refused.
Photo: CNA
The NSTC said it would recover previously allocated subsidies of NT$2.46 million (US$81,725) from NTNU and NT$800,000 from National Central University and reduce NTNU’s annual management fee ratio by 2 percent, or about NT$9 million.
Chou and fellow project leader Chen Chung-ching (陳忠慶) have also been suspended from council-funded projects for five and four years respectively, it added.
They would not be permitted to apply for subsidies or grants, or to carry out any research projects under the council, it said.
The case came to light after Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Chen Pei-yu (陳培瑜) exposed the incident in November last year, prompting the council to ask NTNU to launch an investigation.
An ad hoc group was formed a month later, which initiated a review of potential breach of academic ethics in July, it said.
The council also set up an interdepartmental task force with the Ministry of Education, and the Ministry of Health and Welfare to investigate whether similar cases exist in sports or research involving human participants, it said.
Eight Chinese naval vessels and 24 military aircraft were detected crossing the median line of the Taiwan Strait between 6am yesterday and 6am today, the Ministry of National Defense said this morning. The aircraft entered Taiwan’s northern, central, southwestern and eastern air defense identification zones, the ministry said. The armed forces responded with mission aircraft, naval vessels and shore-based missile systems to closely monitor the situation, it added. Eight naval vessels, one official ship and 36 aircraft sorties were spotted in total, the ministry said.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) today said that if South Korea does not reply appropriately to its request to correct Taiwan’s name on its e-Arrival card system before March 31, it would take corresponding measures to alter how South Korea is labeled on the online Taiwan Arrival Card system. South Korea’s e-Arrival card system lists Taiwan as “China (Taiwan)” in the “point of departure” and “next destination” fields. The ministry said that it changed the nationality for South Koreans on Taiwan’s Alien Resident Certificates from “Korea” to “South Korea” on March 1, in a gesture of goodwill and based on the
Taiwanese officials were shown the first of 66 F-16V fighter jets purchased by Taiwan from the United States, the Ministry of National Defense said yesterday, adding the aircraft has completed an initial flight test and is expected to be delivered later this year. A delegation led by Deputy Minister of National Defense Hsu Szu-chien (徐斯儉) visited Lockheed Martin’s F-16 C/D Block 70 (also known as F-16V) assembly line in South Carolina on March 16 to view the aircraft. The jet will undergo a final acceptance flight in the US before being delivered to Taiwan, the
The New Taipei Metro's Sanyin Line and the eastern extension of the Taipei Metro's Tamsui-Xinyi Line (Red Line) are scheduled to begin operations in June, the National Development Council said today. The Red Line, which terminates at Xiangshan Station, would be connected by the 1.4km extension to a new eastern terminal, Guangci/Fengtian Temple Station, while the Sanyin Line would link New Taipei City's Tucheng and Yingge stations via Sanxia District (三峽). The council gave the updates at a council meeting reviewing progress on public construction projects for this year. Taiwan's annual public infrastructure budget would remain at NT$800 billion (US$25.08 billion), with NT$97.3
RSS