More than 200 Taiwanese citizens in Wuhan returned to Taiwan on the night of Feb. 3 on a charter flight. However, there have been speculation about how the passenger list had been drawn up. KMT Central Committee member Vincent Hsu, who represents a support group for Taiwanese in Wuhan, was caught in the middle of this scandal.
Recently, a Taiwanese businessperson who returned to Taiwan from China was diagnosed with the 2019 novel coronavirus infection. The charter flights to Taiwan has since been mired in controversy. There have been rumors some on this charter flight were not among those listed to be on the plane, and some are not even Taiwanese citizens. Vincent Hsu, who serves as the head of the association in charge of helping Taiwanese in China return to Taiwan, recently spoke about the second charter flights being late. His statement has drawn criticism from the Mainland Affairs Council and the opposition Kuomintang.
The road back home is very difficult. But no matter how hard it is, many are happy to have come back to Taiwan.
Hsu held two press conferences in the last two days, calling people to not politicize his effort. On the other hand, some have revealed Hsu wears many hats. Other than serving as the head of Taipei Parents Association, a member of the KMT's central committee, a consultant for Huang Fuxing party branch; he also holds positions in the political consultative of Beijing and Suzhou in China, as well as in the China Council for the Promotion of Peaceful National Reunification and as the executive director in the China Overseas Friendship Association for Henan and Yunnan provinces. After Hsu gave his statements, the Kuomintang has said that it has asked Hsu to rein in his speech or face party disciplinary actions.
There's been rumors that he acted on his own and interfered with the selection of people who could board the charter flights. These behaviors cannot be tolerated by the KMT. Therefore, he must take responsibility for his action and face criticism from society.
Hsu has not responded to inquiries by phone, but he said in a recent Facebook post that he never arranged to have his own family members to get on the charter flight back to Taiwan. He also stresses that he is only acting as the head of the Taipei Parents Association, and that his action has nothing to do with any other organization. On the other hand, officials from China's Taiwan Affairs office in Hubei province, where the outbreak is centered, have called on Taiwan to help assist Taiwanese businesspeople return home.
日前包機返台的武漢台商，有一名患者確診感染新型冠狀病毒後，武漢包機風波持續不斷，其中確診的病患以及多名旅客，遭外界爆出根本不是原本預定返台的台商名單，甚至有的根本不是台灣國人。連日來以「台灣同胞返台救援會長」身分對外頻頻代表發言的徐正文，更披露第二批包機返台延誤等多項爭議發言，也引起陸委會與國民黨多方不滿。
台北市家長會長協會總會長 徐正文 (109.2.4)表示：「雖然這個回家的路，非常辛苦，也非常地艱難，不過(管)怎樣，他們回家了都很高興。」
連兩日陸續召開記者會，對外高喊「少一點政治味」的徐正文，遭台灣基進黨揭露他的多重身分，徐正文除了在擔任台北市家長會長協會總會長，國民黨中央委員、與黃復興黨部顧問的身分之外。在中國更擔任北京市政協、蘇州市政協、中國和平統一促進會常務理事以及河南、雲南省多個省分海外聯誼會常務理事等多重身分。對於連日來的爭議發言，國民黨已聲明要他約束言行，否則將祭出黨紀。
國民黨文傳會代理主委 王育敏表示：「他用個人的身分，甚至現在傳出名單他有介入參與，這個都不是國民黨所允許的事情，所以他必須為個人的言行負起責任，也要接受社會的檢驗。」
徐正文則手機關機不對外回應，但透過臉書表示，絕對沒有安排自己家人坐包機返台，強調只是以家長會長協會身分展開救援，從來沒有用任何其他組織名義，與其他組織無關。此外，湖北省台辦官員仍呼籲，希望台灣方面配合協助滯留台胞盡快返台。