Initially, KMT legislator Jessica Chen (陳玉珍) submitted a bill that critics said was an attempt to decriminalize the misuse of legislative aide funds. Chen was accused of attempting to protect Yen Kuan-heng, who is from a powerful central Taiwan family. KMT Legislator Niu Hsu-ting (牛煦庭) introduced a separate bill that amended the Organic Act of the Legislative Yuan (立法院組織法) to address the legislative aide salary issue. As revised, aides’ salaries are “lawmaker subsidies” provided each year from public funds. This is an invitation for more of the same corruption so many legislators at all levels have been busted for.

Source: Taipei Times February 11, 2026 16:15 UTC