China News Service, March 29 (Xinhua) According to Taiwan media reports, Qiu Guozheng, the head of Taiwan's defense department, has reported to the leaders of the Taiwan authorities and verbally resigned due to his son's alleged involvement in prostitution. However, Taiwan's defense authorities stated on the 29th that during the transition period between the old and new administrative teams, Qiu Guozheng will remain in his post at Tsai Ing-wen's request.
A Taiwanese online media that had published suspected indecent videos of former Democratic Progressive Party "legislators" Zhao Tianlin, Luo Zhizheng and others broke the news on the 28th that Qiu Guozheng's son was suspected of visiting prostitutes, but did not provide relevant evidence or images. Only Qiu Guozheng A photo with his son and his family in the office, as well as a selfie of his son holding his health insurance card. However, the media stated that it has multiple photos and videos.
Qiu Guozheng's photo from Taiwan's United Daily News.
At present, Taiwan's security and defense departments have stated that they have opened a case for investigation. As the newly elected leader of the Taiwan authorities, Lai Ching-te, will take office on May 20, this incident aroused public doubts on the island.
As for the "legislator" of the Kuomintang, Lai Shibao believed that the timing of the revelation was because someone wanted Qiu Guozheng to step down because Qiu Guozheng's truth-telling had offended the senior officials. Wang Hongwei said bluntly, does it mean that the competition for seats within the DPP is too fierce? Xu Qiaoxin also said that the whistleblower sent this information to major media and some "legislators", which may be due to internal fighting.
Relevant news also attracted the attention of the island's media. Media person Wang Shangzhi believes that the person involved is Qiu Guozheng’s son. “If it weren’t for the information compiled and collected by the Bureau of Investigation, who else could do it except the intelligence system and the investigation system? Who are the people behind this?” Media person Luo Wangzhe pointed out that from the Democratic Progressive Party The scandals that broke out between former "legislators" Luo Zhizheng and Zhao Tianlin, as well as Qiu Guozheng's son's involvement in pornography, "seem to have a common thread", all related to defense and security personnel, and suspected videos or photos have been leaked.
According to reports, Qiu Guozheng's son Qiu Huangnian has been developing in the intelligence unit for a long time. Before this alleged prostitution incident, almost no photos were circulated. Most of the stories about him known to the media are related to his father. Qiu Huangnian has been exposed several times in recent years, and most outsiders think it is to attack his father.