Taiwan official apologizes over abuse of Pinay maids
02/18/2012TAIPEI — A Taiwanese official suspended from her post yesterday apologized for hurting Taiwan’s image after she was deported by the United States over a maid abuse case.
“I regret and apologize that the incident caused the outside world to have a negative impression of (Taiwan’s) government and foreign ministry,” said Liu Hsien-hsien, ex-director of Taiwan’s mission in Kansas City, Missouri.
“However, the accusations that I abused the maids are untrue and I never pocketed any public funds,” she said in a statement.
Liu has been suspended pending a review by a top government watchdog in charge of disciplinary punishment of civil servants, the foreign ministry said..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/nation/20120218nat1.html
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