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<\/p>\nThe Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) has launched an investigation into Taiwan’s top envoy in Geneva, Greg Lee (\u674e\u51a0\u5fb7), after receiving a petition from some of his subordinates accusing him of workplace bullying and other misconduct.<\/p>\n
MOFA said in a statement yesterday that it had received the complaint against Lee and has formed a special task force composed mainly of personnel from outside the ministry to conduct the investigation, it said.<\/p>\n
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Photo: Lu Yi-hsuan, Taipei Times<\/p>\n
It said its probe would focus on the workplace bullying accusations, and that other complaints of misbehavior would be handled by the appropriate government agencies, without naming those agencies.<\/p>\n
MOFA’s statement came after several local news outlets received a similar complaint against Lee and reported on the case over the weekend.<\/p>\n
The 134-page complaint, signed by “all affected colleagues,” details seven categories of alleged serious misconduct by Lee, who has served as director-general of the Taipei Cultural and Economic Office in Geneva since December 2024.<\/p>\n
According to reports, Lee was accused of workplace bullying, incompetent leadership and using public resources for personal purposes, among other alleged forms of misconduct.<\/p>\n
One example cited by the reports was Lee allegedly asking the Geneva office to use public funds to purchase high-end bedding costing more than 2,500 Swiss francs (US$3,089) for his private residence.<\/p>\n
He was also accused of spending about NT$130,000 in public funds on high-end chocolates given as gifts to “VIPs from Taiwan” attending Taiwan-organized events held in conjunction with last year’s World Health Assembly.<\/p>\n
According to the complaint, Lee later allegedly asked office colleagues to submit false expense claims, and he described the recipients as diplomatic contacts to try to evade reimbursement audits.<\/p>\n
The complaint also included records of private conversations between Lee and his subordinates, which allegedly showed a pattern of humiliating verbal abuse.<\/p>\n
According to the reports, the high-pressure management style caused several staff members to suffer physical and mental health issues that required treatment and medication.<\/p>\n
Lee was also accused of repeatedly violating traffic rules in Geneva, including speeding. <\/p>\n
According to the reports, after Swiss police sent a formal inquiry to the representative office requesting a response, Lee delayed addressing the matter for more than eight months.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) has launched an investigation into Taiwan’s top envoy in Geneva, Greg Lee…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":114430,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7],"tags":[65,55783,55782,36194,1229,55784,1228],"class_list":["post-114429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-geneva","tag-geneva","tag-geneva-office","tag-greg-lee","tag-mofa","tag-the-taipei-times","tag-workplace-bullying","tag-1228"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ch\/117081774868899588","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114429"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114429\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}