The Control Yuan is urging the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to actively tackle
incidents of sexual harassment.

The call follows accusations made by two members of the government watchdog
that the foreign ministry failed to properly manage an allegation against
one of its diplomats.

The Control Yuan approved an investigative report by members Fan Sun-lu and
Lin Wen-cheng on July 18 after the pair filed allegations surrounding a male
diplomat surnamed Huang.

The alleged victim, who has since left foreign service, accused Huang of
sending him nude photographs and inappropriate text messages while they were
both posted in Geneva from 2017-2018.

According to their investigation, the victim, identified as "A," reported the
behavior several times to one of his superintendents, but no steps were
subsequently taken to stop the harassment.

The foreign ministry only opened an investigation after the victim left the
foreign service and made the incident public in 2023.

The Control Yuan members say the foreign ministry failed to investigate the
allegations despite other foreign service staff being aware of Huang's
conduct for a long time.