Guan Zhongmin presided over the school affairs meeting for the first time on the 23rd, talking about the controversy in the selection of the president of the NTU, saying that "I am not afraid of being broken, but I must keep my innocence in the world." (Photo source: Dongsen News Cloud, photographed by reporter Cui Zhiyun)
According to Taiwan's "Dongsen News Cloud", National Taiwan University held a school affairs meeting on the 23rd. Principal Guan Zhongmin "takes the initiative" before the meeting began, saying that after reporting the progress of the school's work, he will actively submit an explanation report on the "one-year-long selection dispute". Guan Zhongmin pointed out that the "National University president selection storm" does not expect to change your opinion, but only hopes that the teachers present will not have prejudices and will understand the whole story calmly.
According to reports, Guan Zhongmin said that the "selecting storm" must start from September 17 last year, "that day is the day when he entered the fire pit." When I decided to participate in the selection of principals, I thought I was the candidate at first and I also thought I would not be elected, so I never "got a vote". I only gave three speeches, with the themes of "School Management Concept Briefing", "Selection Committee Interview", "Principal, ask?"
. When I learned that I was elected on January 5 last year, Guan Zhongmin believed that "life is always full of surprises", but 5 days later, "it is also the most tragic period in my life", and the accusations from the outside world flew like snowflakes. Regarding being an independent director, Guan Zhongmin said, "I am not the first person or the last person." Regarding being an independent director, Guan Zhongmin said, "I will follow the school's regulations completely." As an independent director of a listed company, not only will the company release major information, but the school also knows that the media also reports, so the public also knows that "thus I did not deliberately conceal the fact that I served as an independent director." As the person recommended, the academic resume he provided is only related to academic achievements and administrative experience.
Regarding academic ethics, Guan Zhongmin said, "I care about academic reputation the most, and this matter has caused great harm to my body and mind." He pointed out that the accused academic ethics essay was a draft written by the co-researchers themselves as a discussion. It was later proved that the student did quote this draft, and the real paper was not written until September, so there was no problem of plagiarism at all.
Regarding part-time jobs in mainland China, Guan Zhongmin once again emphasized that "the accusations are all false." He went to mainland China to only attend academic conferences and special lectures, did not hold any school position, nor did he guide students' papers; when he went outside the island, including going to mainland China, he asked for leave according to regulations. If he did not ask for leave during the period of public office control, he could not leave the country at all. "Entry and exit" data show that the average time he went to the mainland was only about 4 days. Before being accused, he had never viewed Xiamen University or other university web pages, so he did not know that he had listed it.
Guan Zhongmin said that the Taiwan supervision agency reviewed his personal tax filing materials for about 20 years and checked them one by one, just to prove that he was "illegal". During this period, he was not a civil servant most of the time and did not fall within the scope of the exercise of "inspectional power". Unidentified people continue to leak his personal information, including the data obtained, to specific media for hype for the media " Witch Hunting ". "It is difficult to believe that the supervisory agency will investigate impartially."
Guan Zhongmin recalled that the attacks and revelations of media and politicians changed every day, or several times a day, which was dazzling. The relevant units never asked him to explain, nor did he see the official documents questioning the school, "I don't know how to explain it." Guan Zhongmin said that today it was a controversy for the first time. He said that he was "not afraid of being broken into pieces, and he should keep his innocence in the world" and questioned that National Taiwan University "is really qualified to select?"