Ex-Ma Ying-jeou foundation officials to be investigatedBy Liu Wan-lin and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, with staff writerThe Ma Ying-jeou Foundation’s board of directors yesterday authorized a probe into alleged financial misconduct by former CEO Hsiao Hsu-tsen (蕭旭岑) and former deputy CEO Wang Kuang-tzu (王光慈). The meeting came amid speculations that accusations of financial malfeasance were a pretext for an internal power struggle. Ma Ying-jeou Foundation board member Lee De-wei, center, speaks to reporters in Taipei yesterday. Photo: Tien Yu-hua, Taipei TimesHsiao, Presidential Office deputy secretary-general during president Ma Ying-jeou’s (馬英九) time in office, had been the CEO at Ma’s foundation until last month. Ma had announced Hsiao’s and Wang’s departure from his foundation on social media, accusing them of financial improprieties.

Source: Taipei Times March 27, 2026 17:14 UTC