KMT Lawmaker Ordered to pay NT$80,000 in Sexual Harassment Ruling
Posted on 2023-06-07 06:56:13
The High Court has upheld a ruling ordering K-M-T lawmaker Chen Xue-sheng to pay 80,000 N-T in compensation for sexually harassing a female lawmaker during a scuffle in the legislative chamber in 2020.
The ruling cannot be appealed.
But even as she wont the lawsuit, D-P-P lawmaker Fan Yun told reporters that that "she remains unhappy" - as people are continuing to post comments online claiming her allegation were a political move.
Fan says such comments are proof of the predicaments that sexual harassment victims face if they come forward.
Fan brought a civil suit against Chen after accusing him sexually harassing her by pressing his belly against her back multiple times during a tussle in the legislative chamber in July of 2020.
Fan's lawyers had been demanding 500,000 N-T in compensation for emotional distress.
The district court ruled in favor of Fan in December of 2021 and ordered Chen pay her 80,000 N-T in compensation.
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