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Chinese Nationalist Party （KMT） Taipei City councilors yesterday call on EasyCard Investment Holdings Co’s public-sector directors to state clearly whether EasyCard Corp chairman Tai Chi-chuan should resign. Photo: Kuo An-chia, Taipei Times
By Sean Lin / Staff reporter
The controversy over EasyCard Corp’s plan to sell limited-edition EasyCards featuring images of a Japanese adult video actress continued as Chinese Nationalist Party （KMT） Taipei City Council caucus yesterday demanded that public-sector directors at EasyCard Investment Holdings Co make clear their stance on whether EasyCard Corp chairman Tai Chi-chuan （戴季全） should step down.
EasyCard Investment Holdings Co is the parent company of EasyCard Corp and has seven Taipei City Government officials on its board of directors, as well as one supervisor assigned by the city government.
Plans to market the cards have resulted in a bipartisan boycott among Democratic Progressive Party （DPP） and KMT city councilors, the KMT caucus said, citing a joint statement issued by 15 DPP city councilors that called on EasyCard Corp to drop plans to sell the controversial cards.
If the EasyCard Corp proceeds with the sale of the cards, the KMT caucus would block budget proposals submitted by agencies whose officials double as the firm’s directors, including the Department of Information Technology, the Department of Finance and the Taipei City Parking Management and Development Office, it said.
KMT Taipei City Councilor William Hsu （徐弘庭） said Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je （柯文哲） has been shirking his responsibility since the controversy broke out, saying “It has put its superior at great political risks.”
Given the firm’s partly public corporate structure, its board of directors should serve the interests of Taipei residents, not of Ko, Hsu said.
KMT Taipei City Councilor Wang Chih-pin （汪志冰） accused EasyCard spokeswoman Lin Shiau-chi’s （林筱琪） of being “provocative” and “arrogant” in response to DPP Taipei City Councilor Chien Shu-pei’s （簡舒培） accusation that Lin had made unfounded remarks about her requesting copies of the controversial cards from the company.
Lin’s move was an attempt to show city councilors in a negative light and she should step down as EasyCard’s spokesperson, Wang said.
In response, EasyCard Investment Holdings director Ben Jai （翟本喬） — employed by the city government — said on Facebook that his job is to pass on the conclusions reached during board meetings to EasyCard Corp, which then decides what moves to make.
“In plain terms, do not get me involved,” said Jai, who is also chief executive officer of Hope Bay Technologies Inc （和沛科技）.
Tai could not be reached yesterday for comment.
新聞來源：TAIPEI TIMES
