2 Schools Involved in Sexual Harassment, Corporal Punishment Handling Irregularities; Control Yuan Censure Taitung County Government and 3 Other Agencies
The Control Yuan stated that Wuling Elementary School in Taitung County conducted campus sexual harassment investigations in violation of laws, and the Taitung County Government failed to actively investigate, concluding the school had no violations. Additionally, Fengtian Junior High delayed the review of a report on a football coach's corporal punishment case without reason, raising concerns of a cover-up. Consequently, the Taitung County Government, Wuling Elementary School, and Fengtian Junior High were censured and advised to improve.
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The Control Yuan stated that Wuling Elementary School in Taitung County conducted campus sexual harassment investigations in violation of laws, and the Taitung County Government failed to actively investigate, concluding the school had no violations. Additionally, Fengtian Junior High delayed the review of a report on a football coach's corporal punishment case without reason, raising concerns of a cover-up. Consequently, the Taitung County Government, Wuling Elementary School, and Fengtian Junior High were censured and advised to improve.
Supervising Commissioners Yeh Ta-hua and Wang Mei-yu stated in a press release today that a student at Wuling Elementary School in Taitung had engaged in acts of sexual assault against another student and a preschooler, with sexual images already circulating among students. During the school's handling of this case in 2024, there were illegalities in the investigation procedures, including investigators lacking professional qualifications, the school's administrative staff conducting the investigations, investigators not recusing themselves from subsequent student counseling, failure to preserve evidence and requiring parents and students to delete images, and failure to notify the parties involved according to law.
The supervising commissioners said that the Taitung County Government did not actively investigate and repeatedly claimed that Wuling Elementary School had no violations. Only after the Control Yuan obtained key testimony did the county government investigate separately and order Wuling Elementary School to restart the investigation. However, Wuling Elementary School, the Taitung County Police Bureau, and the Social Affairs Department had different conclusions regarding this sexual harassment incident. Furthermore, the County Government's Education Department failed to promptly ascertain police data, and the Social Affairs Department also neglected to promptly notify the Education Department. This demonstrates that the Taitung County Government's administrative oversight is lax and its cross-departmental communication mechanism has failed.
Two supervising commissioners investigated and found that from 2021 to 2023, Wuling Elementary School received as many as 72 anonymous or impersonated complaints regarding multiple teachers for corporal punishment. Regarding some cases that were not established, after direct interviews with the parties by the Control Yuan, it was found that rumors were spread by a teacher at the school through parents. This teacher even impersonated a parent-teacher association committee member, accompanied and forced students to call the anti-bullying hotline to falsely report being subjected to corporal punishment by other teachers, and was later disciplined with two demerits.
The supervising commissioners stated that after the new school affairs meeting system under the revised Teachers Act came into effect in 2020, there were controversies regarding the rise of false accusations fueled by anonymous complaints. This year, the law was revised again, requiring named complaints to be accepted. The behavior of this teacher has already harmed the educational atmosphere and the image of Wuling Elementary School. Based on the "Regulations on the Employment of Educational Personnel," the Taitung County Government should provide counseling for this teacher in the future and carefully consider their job assignment.
In addition, Fengtian Junior High School investigated a corporal punishment case involving a football coach. The investigation team recommended dismissing the coach for two years. However, after the school produced the investigation report, it was delayed due to parental pressure, raising the negative perception of a "cover-up." Moreover, Fengtian Junior High had intended to replace "dismissal" with "suspension" for the coach, which violated the "Regulations on the Employment of Non-Teaching Support Staff in National Elementary and Junior High Schools." These actions were inappropriate, and thus the case was legally censured. (Editor: Lin Xingmeng) 1150420
Supervising Commissioners Yeh Ta-hua and Wang Mei-yu stated in a press release today that a student at Wuling Elementary School in Taitung had engaged in acts of sexual assault against another student and a preschooler, with sexual images already circulating among students. During the school's handling of this case in 2024, there were illegalities in the investigation procedures, including investigators lacking professional qualifications, the school's administrative staff conducting the investigations, investigators not recusing themselves from subsequent student counseling, failure to preserve evidence and requiring parents and students to delete images, and failure to notify the parties involved according to law.
The supervising commissioners said that the Taitung County Government did not actively investigate and repeatedly claimed that Wuling Elementary School had no violations. Only after the Control Yuan obtained key testimony did the county government investigate separately and order Wuling Elementary School to restart the investigation. However, Wuling Elementary School, the Taitung County Police Bureau, and the Social Affairs Department had different conclusions regarding this sexual harassment incident. Furthermore, the County Government's Education Department failed to promptly ascertain police data, and the Social Affairs Department also neglected to promptly notify the Education Department. This demonstrates that the Taitung County Government's administrative oversight is lax and its cross-departmental communication mechanism has failed.
Two supervising commissioners investigated and found that from 2021 to 2023, Wuling Elementary School received as many as 72 anonymous or impersonated complaints regarding multiple teachers for corporal punishment. Regarding some cases that were not established, after direct interviews with the parties by the Control Yuan, it was found that rumors were spread by a teacher at the school through parents. This teacher even impersonated a parent-teacher association committee member, accompanied and forced students to call the anti-bullying hotline to falsely report being subjected to corporal punishment by other teachers, and was later disciplined with two demerits.
The supervising commissioners stated that after the new school affairs meeting system under the revised Teachers Act came into effect in 2020, there were controversies regarding the rise of false accusations fueled by anonymous complaints. This year, the law was revised again, requiring named complaints to be accepted. The behavior of this teacher has already harmed the educational atmosphere and the image of Wuling Elementary School. Based on the "Regulations on the Employment of Educational Personnel," the Taitung County Government should provide counseling for this teacher in the future and carefully consider their job assignment.
In addition, Fengtian Junior High School investigated a corporal punishment case involving a football coach. The investigation team recommended dismissing the coach for two years. However, after the school produced the investigation report, it was delayed due to parental pressure, raising the negative perception of a "cover-up." Moreover, Fengtian Junior High had intended to replace "dismissal" with "suspension" for the coach, which violated the "Regulations on the Employment of Non-Teaching Support Staff in National Elementary and Junior High Schools." These actions were inappropriate, and thus the case was legally censured. (Editor: Lin Xingmeng) 1150420