OCAC Minister Hsu Chia-ching Resigns in Disgrace: Named Defendant in Corruption and Profiteering Probe Over Misuse of Diplomatic Resources for Family Travel

On October 7, 2026 (115th Year of the Republic of China), Minister of the Overseas Community Affairs Council (OCAC) Hsu Chia-ching resigned amid severe public outrage and escalating judicial inquiries into her systematic abuse of public resources for personal privilege. The Taiwan People's Party legislative caucus had recently exposed that during her tenure as deputy minister and minister, Hsu took 47 official trips overseas totaling 526 days funded by taxpayers. Furthermore, she permitted her American spouse, Bo Tedards, to commandeer official diplomatic vehicles across US state lines for private family transport and manufactured a non-existent 'official delegation photographer' title for her 14-year-old son to travel across Europe under diplomatic hospitality. The Taipei District Prosecutors Office promptly designated Hsu as a criminal defendant under the Anti-Corruption Act for unlawful profiteering and assigned the elite anti-graft unit to probe the case. The scandal shattered the ruling party's claims of clean governance and inflicted grave reputational damage on the Republic of China's diplomatic services.