TAIWAN EMBASSY INTERVENES

MBABANE – The Embassy of the Republic of China (Taiwan) has intervened in the matter involving about 40 local students who reportedly want to return to Eswatini.

This was confirmed by Ambassador Jeremy Liang in an interview yesterday.
Liang revealed that he was informed that the kingdom’s embassy in his home country and one of their ministries would have a meeting with the students and the university. He said they were in close contact with relevant authorities involved in the matter. “We are trying our best to find out the conditions over there,” Liang said.

He said laws in their country permitted foreign students to work and study. He said he was not sure about the distribution of working and school hours. He made an example that at times when people were studying business; they needed to work to get experience. He said this was designed by the universities.
Liang confirmed knowledge of the matter and said they were closely monitoring it. He said they were working with their headquarters and the Eswatini Embassy in their country to resolve the matter.

Affected

Liang confirmed that they received visa applications from the affected students and approved them after verifying with the MingDao University that their acceptance letters were legitimate. He said they were, however, not aware of the conditions between the university and students as they were admitted through a scholarship programme.
The man who facilitated that about 40 emaSwati study and work in the Republic of China (Taiwan) said working in a chicken farm was relevant to what they were studying.

The man, only identified as Kim Loo, in an interview, said the students were currently working in production because they could not speak Chinese. Loo said once they had completed their Chinese classes, they might be promoted to do office work.
He said not all the students were working in the chicken farm as others were employed in other sectors.
Loo confirmed that he helped the students get the scholarships in the Asian country and that they were all doing Business Administration.

When asked how slaughtering chickens was relevant to what they were studying, he said it was one of the departments in business. He said manufacturing and dispatch were all part of business.
Asked on the assumption that the students were trafficked to the Republic of China (Taiwan), Loo wondered how that could be possible as parents were in contact with their children.
“They can come back, nobody said they could not come back,” Loo said.

In an interview, sources alleged that the students were paid about NT$25 000 (E11 343.28) for working in the chicken farm. They alleged that about NT$19 000 (E8 620.98) was deducted to cater for their education needs.

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