Minister of Economic Affairs Wang Mei-hua (王美花) yesterday said it was imperative that her ministry and the mask companies alleged to have received kickbacks received justice. Former minister of the interior Lee Hong-yuan speaks at the Legislative Yuan in Taipei in an undated photograph. Photo: Chen Cheng-yu, Taipei TimesAppearing on a livestream with Internet celebrity Holger Chen (陳之漢) on Sept. 26, Lee said the government-appointed mask companies received a massive amount of kickbacks. Wang said the ministry would investigate whether it should launch a defamation suit against Lee. The associations demanded that Lee apologize and urged the public not to put stock in statements made by those with ulterior motives.
