58 ex-officials have circumvented China travel ban: lawmakerTAIPEI--A ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) legislator Friday accused 58 former ministerial officials and local government chiefs of taking advantage of a legal loophole to circumvent a ban on traveling to China. Many officials from the former administration of President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) and former local government chiefs from his Kuomintang party have abused the clause to shorten the period in which they are forbidden from traveling to China, he said. Those named by the lawmaker include former Taichung Mayor Jason Hu (胡志強), former Taipei Mayor Hau Lung-bin (郝龍斌), former Culture Minister Hung Meng-chi (洪孟啟) and former National Palace Museum Director Feng Ming-chu (馮明珠). According to Lee, Hu approved his own application before leaving office. Feng, who became an advisor to the Palace Museum in Beijing just three months after leaving office, may also have violated a revolving door ban on government officials, he said.

Source: The China Post September 09, 2016 18:00 UTC