Qiu Yiying's younger brother Qiu Zhangxin, who was involved in the case, was originally the deputy general manager of the China Aviation Products Department. He was demoted to the senior commissioner of the General Manager's Office at the time of the incident and is now a special

Taiwan's "Guo An Private Tobacco Case" broke out more than two years after the outbreak of the case, Zhang Jie, the former head of the Tsai Office, was rumored to be expected to take over as the commander of the Ministry of Defense of the Ministry of Finance. Luo Yamei, the head of the project, returned the case and took over as the senior deputy general manager. In the future, he will supervise the ground service office, the air service office, the security and the legal insurance office; Qiu Yiying's younger brother Qiu Zhangxin was originally the deputy general manager of the China Aviation Products Department. At the time of the incident, he was demoted to the senior commissioner of the General Manager's Office and is now a special assistant to the General Manager's Office. China Airlines has been talking about this internally, describing the whole incident as "no trace of the ship passing by the water."



China Airlines announced on March 15 that Luo Yamei will return to the position of senior vice president. China Airlines said that personnel arrangements are based on corporate governance and business management, and the assignment of relevant supervisors is a normal rotation. According to people familiar with the matter, Luo Yamei was once the confidential secretary of Qiu Yiren, the "former secretary-general of the National Security Council". Tsai Ing-wen called her "Xiao Mei" when she visited for the first time. Later, Luo's position was promoted from Huashen purchasing manager to senior vice president of China Airlines like a "helicopter", and even a popular candidate for China Airlines' general manager.

Insider said that Qiu Yiying's younger brother Qiu Zhangxin is now a special assistant to the general manager's office, but he has been assigned to the supervisor of his original position, and his responsibilities are greater than before. In the past, Qiu Zhangxin was the deputy general manager of the Air Products Department. Now, the cases and official documents of the Passenger Transport Department, the Freight Department and the Air Products Department must be passed by him, as if he will take over as a senior vice president in the future.

On July 11, 2019, Tsai Ing-wen "visited" Haiti , Saint Lucia and 4 Caribbean "friendly countries". The guards and special service personnel in the guard room and some China Airlines personnel responsible for the special plane took advantage of this opportunity to place an order to order 9,797 duty-free cigarettes and purchase 212 cigarettes on the plane. The total purchase reached the highest in history of 10,009, with a market value of about NT$6 million. After the incident, the Cai Office claimed that it was just "overbought", which triggered public criticism for legalizing "smuggling" into "group buying".