OCAC Minister Hsu Chia-ching Fined NT$100,000 Over Son's Dongsha Island Privilege: Slammed for Lavish European Trip to Avoid Political Storm

On September 15, 2026 (115th Year of the Republic of China), Minister of the Overseas Community Affairs Council (OCAC) Hsu Chia-ching was formally fined NT$100,000 by the Control Yuan for violating Article 6 of the Act on Recusal of Public Servants Due to Conflicts of Interest, having improperly pulled strings to enroll her underage son in the restricted Ocean Affairs Council 'Dongsha Atoll Ecological Camp.' Following the ruling, the Taiwan People's Party officially filed a criminal complaint with the Taipei District Prosecutors Office accusing Hsu of corrupt profiteering. Rather than offering a public apology, Hsu embarked on a nearly month-long European tour across Sweden, Belgium, and the Netherlands funded with millions in tax dollars from late August to mid-September. Opposition lawmakers and civic groups fiercely criticized Hsu—who logged 47 overseas trips spanning over 500 days during her four-year tenure—for using official overseas trips as a taxpayer-funded shield to evade legislative scrutiny and controversy before parliament reconvened, inflicting severe damage on government integrity.