FEMALE COLONEL AT PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE HARRASSED BY BODYGUARD|總統府女武官 指控府內男隨扈涉性騷

There are allegations of sexual harrassment at the presidential office. One of the President's male bodyguards, a Major, sent a female Colonel inappropriate photos on Line. There were also alleged incidents of her being physically accosted. The male bodyguard was removed to another position. The Presidential Office said the investigation was complete and would be sent to the Gender Equality Commission at the Presidential Office. However, women's groups say that the incident was not handled according to procedure for sexual harrassment. A female Colonel posted to guard the Presidential Office was sexually harrassed by one of the President's male bodyguards, a Major. The man used Line to send inappropriate photos to the woman and accosted her in a bathroom and car park at the Presidential Office. In April the Colonel reported the incident to the head of the guard, but the man was only transferred to the Special Operations Center and the incident was not reported to the Gender Equality Commission at the Presidential Office. The Colonel felt that the incident was being hushed up. The male bodyguard was also dissastisfied at the handling of the incident. This is being characterised as a 'Roshomon' incident where the characters give alternative, self-serving and contradictory versions of the same event. The Presidential Office asserts that it was handled according to high standards set by the Gender Equality Commission. ==ALEX HUANG Presidential Office spokesperson == Currently, this incident is being handled by the GEC. To protect the legal rights of those involved before the investigation is finished we will not make further comment. The position of the presidential office is very clear, we make a thorough investigation to the highest standards, both vertically and horizontally. Both pan blue and pan green legislators hope that the presidential office will investigate the case properly and deal with it correctly. ==CHEN YI-MIN KMT legislator== If you can't even handle things in the presidential office, how can you handle the country? this needs to be carefully reviewed. == LIU CHAO-HAO DPP legislator== Of course, we must avoid, if this has wronged people, I feel that the presidential office must have a very clear attitude in its investigation and understanding. However, women's groups say that before the incident was revealed, the presidential office only moved the man to another job within the office and did not send the case to the GEC. Thus, there are some disputed points around its handling of the case. == JI HUI-RONG Exec. Dir., Garden of Hope Foundation== As soon as the incident was reported the investigation procedure should have started. Of course, I don't know if it is because it was publicly revealed, that the Presidential Office said it would start an investigation, or if it had already decided to start an investigation, and transferred the man until the investigation started. However that may be, the investigation should have been started. Currently, the Presidential Office appears to have handed the case to the GEC and says it will not give any further comment to protect the rights and privacy of those concerned. TRANSLATED BY：CLARE LEAR 總統府疑似爆發性騷擾事件！府內一名男隨扈，被指用LINE傳送不雅照片給一名女性武官，而且雙方還曾發生攔阻等情況，事後男隨扈調職處理。對此總統府表示，已經完成行政調查，會送性平會。不過婦女團體質疑，府方處理手法有爭議，不符合性騷擾事件處理程序。 總統府一名女武官指控，總統蔡英文的一名男隨扈，用LINE傳不雅照片給她，還在總統府的洗手間與停車場，發生攔阻的情況，4月間，她向侍衛長反應，卻只將男隨扈調往特勤中心，未送性平會處理，她認為長官息事寧人，可是被指控的男隨扈，也不滿長官的處置，事件演變成羅生門。總統府強調事件會依性平事件的相關規定，用最高標準處理。 ==總統府發言人 黃重諺== 目前本事件 正依照 性平相關法規 來辦理當中 為了確保當事人的合法權益 在調查完成之前 我們沒有進一步的說明 但總統府的立場 很清楚 就是以最高的標準 嚴查不法 勿枉勿縱 對於這起疑似性騷擾案，藍綠立委都認為，府方應該好好調查清楚，如果屬實，一定要嚴查嚴辦。 ==國民黨立委 陳宜民== 你若連一個內政 自己的總統府都管不好的話 怎麼管國家大事 是覺得這種事情 其實應該要好好的來檢討 ==民進黨立委 劉櫂豪== 當然要避免說 如果是冤枉到其他的人 所以我覺得 總統府應該很明確的 是會用這個態度 來去做事情的調查跟了解 不過，婦女團體質疑，府方在事件曝光前，只將男隨扈調單位，沒送性平會處理，處理手法確實有爭議。 ==勵馨基金會執行長 紀惠容== 一旦申訴 應該先啟動調查程序 那當然 我不知道他是因為曝光 才開始說要調查 還是他已經決定要調查 先把他調職 不管怎麼樣 我們都應該啟動調查 目前這起性騷擾疑雲，總統府正依性平法辦理中，而確保當事人的權益和隱私，府方表示，沒有再進一步的說明。 記者 綜合報導