Gao Hongan said that she was worthy of the salary paid by the Capital Policy Association, and criticized Mirror Weekly for publishing her business travel information, which was suspected of violating the Personal Information Law.

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[Reporter Huang Jingao/Taipei Report] This morning, Mirror Weekly re-exploded that Hsinchu mayoral candidate Gao Hongan of the People's Party often went abroad during his tenure at the Information Policy Council. From August 2012 to 2017, he studied for a doctoral degree to undertake research projects, etc. Under the name, he traveled to the United States for a total of 547 days, and received salary and performance fees during the period. He also disclosed that Gao Hongan has repeatedly applied for business trips to Cincinnati in the United States since 2011.

In this regard, Gao Hongan said that she was worthy of the salary paid by the Capital Policy Association, and criticized Mirror Weekly for publishing her business travel information, which was suspected of violating the personal information law.

Gao Hongan responded through Facebook today that she had submitted her resignation to the director of the Information Policy Council as early as 2012 because she wanted to go to the United States to study for a doctorate and study smart manufacturing system technology. Instead, I hope Gao Hongan will be stationed in the United States instead.

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Regarding the Mirror Weekly's accusation that she used the budget of the Information Policy Association to achieve her personal degree, Gao Hongan emphasized that during her work in the Information Policy Association, she completed every task assigned by her supervisor with heart, and she was among the best in her work performance every year, which was fully worthy of the salary paid by the Information Policy Association. The tuition fees for her doctoral studies were entirely paid for by her. During the period, she only applied for a half-year international talent training subsidy program, and received additional subsidies. After the subsidy program ended, she also stayed in the contract for half a year.

Gao Hongan quoted lawyer Ke Zhizhen as pointing out that Mirror Weekly reported that she had been suspected of violating personal information laws during her tenure in the Information Policy Council, the number of days and details of her business trips, and she did not agree to leak relevant information.

Gao Hongan also said that "the Information Policy Council must have been under tremendous pressure to provide these information", and criticized the Legislative Yuan's DPP group for smearing and attacking its opponents for the election, and nakedly used public power to force the Information Policy Council for personal privacy information. , will seriously affect the development of national research.