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¥D¡@¡@¦®: Regarding human rights abuses at National Cheng
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Kao Chiang
President's Office
National Cheng Kung University
Tainan, Taiwan
18 March 2004
Dear President Kao,
As you know, outstanding issues remain in the case of my
illegal
dismissal, which was overturned by the Ministry of
Education appeal
ruling of 8 January 2001.
These outstanding issues include a formal apology from
National
Cheng Kung University. Please commit yourself to arranging
such an
apology on behalf of the university.
Second, full back pay and compensation should be settled as
soon as
possible.
Third, the student who wrote a spiteful letter secretly
circulated
at my dismissal hearings in 1999 should be formally
disciplined for
doing so, although this has not yet been done.
This case has already lasted into its fifth year (since
1999). Is
this your idea of "administrative remedy" at our
university? Will
administrative remedy that lasts this long help our
university achieve
international accreditation and respect?
Regarding the matter of the student involved in misconduct,
the
Ministry of Education has repeatedly advised you to resolve
this case?
Why is it taking this long to comply with the Ministry of
Education
request? Why did it take you more than two years to obey
the Ministry
of Education appeal ruling?
As I have said repeatedly in the past, I am fully committed
to a
final and just resolution of this case, according to
principles of
Taiwan law and of international charters of human rights. I
am fully
committed to protecting the rights of an American professor
in Taiwan.
This case cannot be considered formally closed until these
matters are
settled. I will do whatever I must to insure the rights of
an American
professor are respected at our university.
Professor Richard de Canio
Department of Foreign Languages and Literature
National Cheng Kung University
Tainan, Taiwan
