DPP accuses Taipei City bureau director of bias - see how a mafia works

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Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) councilors on the Taipei City Council yesterday said the city's Bureau of Education had shown political bias by soliciting support from teachers for the pan-blue camp.

The councilors said the bureau had allowed personal details to be used in drumming up support for the pan-blue camp, including mobile phone numbers, home phone numbers and e-mail addresses.

DPP Councilor Lee Chien-chang (???) yesterday said the bureau issued a memorandum to elementary and secondary schools on Jan. 28.

The memo asked personnel departments to provide contact information for the city's 40,000 teaching staff and other school employees.

"But the bureau said it was for sending greeting cards to hard-working teachers and staff. We thought this was untenable and infringed on the teachers' privacy," Lee said at a news conference held at the council building yesterday.

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