Tax Officer Encourages College Students Acting as Whistle-blowers

2010 UN Human Rights Council

2010-10-17

Ms. Lin, Chung Yuan, Chief of Taipei Tax Administration, stated in her speech in a university campus to encourage college students to act as whistleblowers to receive rewards for reporting tax evasions to Tax Administration of amount up to NT$ 480million (approx. US$155,000). The controversial video from YouTube about her speech has brought wide attention and even been discussed in NGO workshops during the 2010 UN Human Rights Council.