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針對劉姍姍所涉及的外傭詐欺案，經北檢認定此僅屬私法糾紛，而將此案簽結，此結果不令人意外，卻也讓人感到錯愕。
劉姍姍案雖發生在美國，但涉案者因具有公務員身分，且涉及貪瀆罪嫌，依據刑法第六條第一款，仍為我國管轄權的範疇。而因此侵害者乃我國法益，美國無權也不可能對此為司法調查，所以關於追查真相的重責，自落在檢察官身上。
惟 此案即便已暴露出駐外人員難以監督的弊端，且也一度造成台、美關係的緊張，檢方卻從一開始，即以「他」字案的關係人，而非被告身分為傳喚，實讓人感到不 解。而關於外傭薪資，既然是因公支出，自應依法行政，檢方怎可任由駐外人員甚或外交部，擅自決定如何給付與便宜行事，而將之當成是私法自治的領域？
因 此，即便認為菲傭願意減薪，但在此筆款項仍屬公款下，關於未給付部分，到底如何申報、此部分金額是否繳回國庫等等，在此方面資訊，全為行政機關所掌控下， 若檢方僅憑一方之言，而無深入調查的決心，以查無貪瀆情事為終，實屬意料中之事；但對於一直以清廉與反貪腐自居的主政者而言，卻顯得格外諷刺。
而將剋扣薪資當 成是單純民事糾紛，更屬荒謬。因關於以不當契約內容要求相對人提供勞務，除有刑法第二九六條第一項的使人為奴隸罪外，更可能涉及人口販運條例第三二條第一 項，以不當手段使人從事勞務與報酬不相當之罪。而由於此類行為，乃嚴重侵害人權，基於人權的普世價值，不管在哪個國家犯罪、也不管行為人與被害人是否為本 國人，各國皆有管轄權，我國刑法第五條第九款亦有明文。既然如此，則關於菲傭是否在自由意志下所為，檢方理應依據人口販運條例第二五條第二項，於我國駐外 使館或代表處，對境外被害人為訊問，甚至讓當事人為對質或詰問。若僅憑外交部所提的菲傭同意書為判斷，不僅有瓜田李下之嫌，更是對人權保障的嚴重蔑視。
退萬步言，即便如檢方所言，劉姍姍無涉任何刑責，則不就代表美國司法機關無端誣陷我國公務員，則外交部自應拿此簽結書，向美方提出嚴正抗議才是。
（作者為真理大學法律系副教授，台中市民）
劉姍姍被彈劾 再爆違規僱中國幫傭
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| 前駐美堪薩斯處長劉姍姍被監察院彈劾，並爆出案外案！經調查發現，，劉姍姍違反防滲透規定，聘僱中國女子幫傭，引發外交機密是否外洩的國安疑慮。（資料照） |
疑洩密 立委要求特偵組偵辦
〔記 者林恕暉、范正祥、曾韋禎／台北報導〕監察院昨通過彈劾前駐美堪薩斯處長劉姍姍案，並爆出案外案！經調查發現，在去年八月菲傭逃跑後，劉姍姍竟違反外交部 嚴禁外館僱用中國人士的防滲透規定，聘僱具有美國居留權的中國女子謝登鳳到宿舍幫傭，謝登鳳還將上網用的路由器連接在劉姍姍的保密電話，直到劉姍姍因虐傭 案被美方逮捕，外館人員才赫然發現此事，引發外交機密是否外洩的國安疑慮。
民進黨立委除痛批「離譜」，並要求特偵組立即介入偵辦。立委蔡煌瑯抨擊，指劉案本是人權、國家形象問題，現在上升到國安危機，這是外交休兵的重大後遺症；若放任這種外交投降的情況不斷發生，還辦什麼外交？
外交部對於立委抨擊並未多做回應。
對於謝登鳳在劉宿舍幫傭的兩個多月是否將情資外洩中國？監委趙榮耀說，外交部僅說明事後曾派資訊人員查看，稱電腦沒有資訊外流，監院約詢外交部長楊進添等官員時，並未詢問文件外流等問題。監委葛永光說，「現在只能相信外交部」。
外交部88年通令 禁僱中國傭
外交部曾在八十八年五月十九日通電駐外各館處，嚴禁僱用中國人士以防滲透、收買，劉姍姍卻嚴重違規，去年十一月外交部發現後卻秘而不宣，直到監院公布彈劾案文，劉姍姍違規聘用中國幫傭離譜情況才曝光。
劉姍姍於監委約詢時稱，她是透過在堪薩斯的中國餐館老闆介紹，聘用中國女子謝登鳳幫傭，月薪為一千美元。對於為何違反規定聘中國女幫傭？劉姍姍聲稱她不清楚規定，甚至說外交部內許多人員也有娶大陸配偶。監委認為劉的說詞是事後卸責、不足取。
劉被逮捕 幫傭拿路由器曝光
彈 劾案文指出，劉姍姍自去年九月聘用中國女子謝登鳳幫傭，因謝登鳳嫁給美國越戰老兵、有美國居留權，劉姍姍利用此方式刻意隱瞞，以謝登鳳的英文姓名 Sharon Alexander向駐美堪薩斯處報帳。趙榮耀說，劉姍姍與部屬關係惡劣，外館人員也沒去過劉姍姍宿舍，外交部也不知道她違規聘僱中國人幫傭。
直 到劉姍姍被美方逮捕，去年十一月十一日駐美堪薩斯處曾姓組長依劉姍姍電話指示，到劉宿舍支付謝登鳳剩餘薪資、請她離職，謝登鳳要求上樓拿上網用的路由器， 外館才發現謝登鳳將個人電腦、路由器，連接在劉姍姍宿舍的保密電話路由器上。監院認為，劉姍姍聘僱中國幫傭有館舍危安、資訊安全外洩的重大疑慮，已違法失 職。
中國幫傭 連接劉的保密電話
趙榮耀、葛永光表示，劉姍姍竟連外館不能聘僱中國人士的基本觀念都沒有，顯示外交人員缺乏職權訓練，外交部應檢討。
據悉，資安問題並非監委查案時發現，而是外交部在今年二月下旬內部完成此案行政調查，移請監察院審查，在向監察院提交的調查報告中，主動觸 及資安問題。
民進黨立委蕭美琴直呼離譜說，現行規定就是禁聘中國幫傭，為什麼劉姍姍聘用中國人都沒被發現，還讓保密電話給人盜連？這不是整個外交部的稽查機制有問題，就是嚴重怠惰，否則就是蓄意包庇。她和立委邱志偉都要求應全面徹查外交部，何以會出現這麼重大的疏失卻渾然不知？
宜蘭兵工廠爆炸 六人相繼過世
發生在宜蘭204兵工廠的爆炸案、又傳出一名雇員__曹長發傷重不治，到目前為止、已經有6人不幸罹難。
三軍總醫院表示，56歲雇員曹長發全身面積90%二度到三度燒燙傷，18日病況惡化，晚間由醫院醫師陪同返家，19日凌晨在家中過世。目前仍在三軍總醫院 接受治療的是全身55%燒燙傷黃銀裕，目前狀況穩定，也不需使用葉克膜治療。另外一位是42歲士官長張俊德，燒傷面積11%，在進行植皮手術之後，已在前 天出院回家休養。
三軍總醫院表示，56歲雇員曹長發全身面積90%二度到三度燒燙傷，18日病況惡化，晚間由醫院醫師陪同返家，19日凌晨在家中過世。目前仍在三軍總醫院 接受治療的是全身55%燒燙傷黃銀裕，目前狀況穩定，也不需使用葉克膜治療。另外一位是42歲士官長張俊德，燒傷面積11%，在進行植皮手術之後，已在前 天出院回家休養。
(2011-11-21 20:00) 公視晚間新聞
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hc管見: 外交部的美國法律知識不夠 或知法犯法 放任劉某的雇用契約之執行有違美國法律之虞
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No diplomatic immunity for Taiwan official: US
AFP
CHICAGO — A Taiwanese official currently detained in Missouri on charges of mistreating her housekeeper should not be able to receive diplomatic immunity, a US State Department spokesman said Monday. While Taiwanese representatives in the United ...
Lawyer says Taiwanese official to plead guilty to federal labor violation
Hsien Hsien Liu, director general of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Kansas City, was charged in federal court on Nov. 10 with fraud in foreign labor contracting. She faced up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
Liu’s lawyer, Jim Wirken said Thursday that Liu would plead guilty at a hearing Friday. He said he is seeking to have Liu sentenced to probation and deported immediately. Liu cannot be deported until she is sentenced, Wirken said.
“We’re going to plead guilty to the single charge that’s against her,” he said. “We’re hoping that we’re going to have a sentencing right away.”
Wirken said an agreement he is seeking with federal prosecutors also includes Liu, 64, paying the housekeeper, who complained to authorities about her treatment. He said another previous housekeeper who witnesses said in an FBI affidavit filed in the case also claimed Liu treated her badly would also receive a payment from Liu.
Wirken said he could not disclose the amounts of the proposed payments Thursday but said they were “not insignificant.”
“That’s just the right thing to do under the circumstances,” he said.
Don Ledford, spokesman for the U.S. attorney’s office in Kansas City, declined comment.
According to prosecutors, Liu’s Kansas City TECO office maintains unofficial relations between the United States and Taiwan and is similar to a foreign government consulate, although the U.S. doesn’t recognize Taiwan as a sovereign state.
Prosecutors have said they believe Liu is the first foreign official to face a fraud in foreign labor contracting charge in the United States. Others have been prosecuted for mistreating domestic workers, but Liu is accused of violating a law covering the recruitment of foreign workers and their transport into the United States on fraudulent terms.
An FBI affidavit claims TECO recruited the housekeeper in the Philippines in September 2011. According to the woman’s visa application, her two-year employment contract called for her to be paid $1,240 a month, work 40-hour weeks and to be entitled to overtime.
Prosecutors claim the woman was actually paid $400 to $450 a month, worked 16- to 18-hour days and was monitored with video surveillance equipment at Liu’s suburban Kansas City home in Johnson County, Kan. They also say Liu took the woman’s passport and was “verbally abusive.”
The U.S. State Department did not immediately return a call seeking comment Thursday.
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我駐美處長涉外勞詐欺案 在美遭拘留
根據美國《堪薩斯城星報》(Kansas City Star)的報導，中華民國駐堪薩斯城辦事處處長劉姍姍(Hsien-hsien Liu)，因為涉及一起聘僱菲律賓籍幫傭的詐騙案件，日前家中遭到美國聯邦調查局(Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI)搜索，並且已經遭到拘留。
消息指出，FBI是以「外籍勞工契約詐欺」罪名將她逮捕。《堪薩斯城星報》表示，64歲的劉姍姍今年3月起雇用一名女性菲律賓籍幫傭，但要求該名幫傭超時工作， 今年8月間該名菲籍幫傭在教堂向一名菲籍男子訴苦並求救，男子向FBI舉報後，事件才曝了光。當地檢察官表示，劉姍姍在得知將遭到調查後，隨即安排要以最 快的速度離開美國，FBI才會將她拘留。消息並指出，劉姍姍早已扣留該名菲傭所有簽證護照等文件，菲傭8月間在同鄉友人協助下曾企圖逃跑，但也隨即被劉姍 姍找到，並要脅將她驅逐出境。
堪薩斯城聯邦檢察官表示，劉姍姍應該是第一位外國駐美代表在美涉及此類案件的。雖然在無正式外交關係的情況下，辦事處的地位與大使館相當，劉姍姍等同外交人員，受到國際外交規範的保護，不能直接逮捕，但是因為美國沒有把台灣視為一個獨立的主權(Taiwan is not recognized as a sovereign state by the United States)，這個逮捕的動作便不具爭議。
若這項指控成立，劉姍姍將面臨最高五年的刑期，案件下周三(16日)將會繼續開庭審理。
2011/11/11 23:57:04 Taipei, Nov. 11 (CNA) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) on Friday lodged a strong protest over the U.S. detention of a Taiwanese diplomat and demanded she be immediately released unconditionally.
Foreign Affairs Minister Timothy Yang said Jacqueline Liu, director of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Kansas City, was arrested early Friday Taipei time by Federal Investigation Bureau (FBI) agents.
She was ordered to remain in custody pending a federal detention hearing scheduled for Nov. 16 in Kansas City.
According to a report by McClatchy Newspapers, Liu has been charged with violating federal law because she had forced her Filipina housekeeper to work long hours and paid her far less than promised in her employment contract.
The report, citing federal prosecutors, said the defendent is believed to be the first foreign representative to face the charge in the United States.
Yang said that under an agreement on privileges and immunities signed between Taiwan and the United States in 1980, Liu enjoys immunity, and the ministry "has no way of understanding" the FBI's approach.
"Before Taiwan forsakes immunity, U.S. law enforcement authorities cannot treat ROC diplomatic personnel that way," Yang said.
He stressed that Liu still enjoyed immunity privileges under the pact, and said that even if U.S. law enforcement authorities have a case, they should still follow diplomatic channels and not "violate or ignore the agreement."
Bruce J. D. Linghu, director of the MOFA's Department of North American Affairs, called the American Institute in Taiwan, the de facto U.S. embassy here in the absence of diplomatic ties, and Deputy Foreign Minister Lyushun Shen called in acting AIT Director Eric Madison to express strong protests.
AIT spokesman Christopher Kavanagh deferred questions on the issue to the U.S. Justice Department because it was a criminal case.
The ministry said its understanding of the case is that the FBI arrested Liu on a charge of fraud in a foreign labor contract, which carries a maximum sentence of up to five years in federal prison.
According to an FBI affidavit filed in support of the criminal complaint in court, Liu allegedly signed the contract with the Filipina, identified in court documents by the initials F.V., to work 40 hours per week for a monthly pay of US$1,240 plus overtime.
But when F.V. arrived in Kansas City, she was required to work between 16 and 18 hours a day for between US$400 and US$450 a month, the McClatchy report said.
Liu also allegedly took the woman's visa and passport and threatened her with deportation if she did not do as she was told.
In late July, F.V. met another Filipino at a grocery store where Liu had driven her to buy groceries and solicited help. F.V was taken away from Liu's house in August and is currently in a protected location, the report said.
In their motion seeking to have Liu held without bond pending trial, federal prosecutors alleged that she made arrangements to leave the United States "immediately" once she became aware of a possible federal investigation, the report said.
But Liu was scheduled to return to Taiwan after serving three years in Kansas City, the ministry said. (By Angela Tsai and Lilian Wu) Enditem/ls
蘋論：小麵店老闆娘劉姍姍
就算外交人員有豁免權，劉姍姍最後沒事，但虐待外勞的國際醜聞已傷害到台灣形象。美國經過畜養黑奴的羞恥歷史，對虐待僕傭很敏感，不但是人權問題，也是美國人不願回憶的過去。這是美國司法界對劉下重手的原因；也是聯邦調查局大張旗鼓的原因。就算外交部口中的公務，台灣外交官虐待外傭，已使台灣臭名滿天下。這已不是豁不豁免的問題了。
扣工資餘錢有無涉貪
如果美國調查局所指控的罪名為真，台灣就丟臉丟大了。外交部不該還沒搞清楚狀況，就急著跳出來為了讓劉以外交公務的理由豁免，堅稱聘僱外傭是公務行為，並由外交部出資。美國司法界目前還不肯釋放劉，理由之一是：台灣不是主權國家，與美國沒有外交關係，故而劉沒有取得豁免權或僅有一半豁免權。
但外長楊進添說，依據《台灣關係法》美國政府從未否定台灣主權，台美雙方1980年簽署的《特權、免稅暨豁免協定》，也規定我外交官享有豁免禮遇。如果是真的，為什麼美國檢警公然逮捕劉，並予以關押？劉的行為符合該豁免協定的要件嗎？
我們寧願本案是劉的個人行為，由她為自己的違法行為負責；而外交部跳出來護短說是公務行為，就變成台灣政府知道並袒護、支持劉的虐僕行為，簡直莫 名其妙。西方認為虐僕是嚴重殘害人權罪行，外交部怎能以政府名義對號入座，丟盡國人顏面？何況，剋扣應有工資剩下來錢去了哪裡？有無涉貪的問題？
美國是重視契約的國家，違約是很嚴重犯行。如果劉的確有犯行恐怕很難善了。堂堂總領事把自己變成牛肉麵店老闆娘，跟幫傭的斤斤計較，苛薄寡恩，丟不丟臉？還被美國司法界以「外籍勞工契約詐欺罪」收押。
但外長楊進添說，依據《台灣關係法》美國政府從未否定台灣主權，台美雙方1980年簽署的《特權、免稅暨豁免協定》，也規定我外交官享有豁免禮遇。如果是真的，為什麼美國檢警公然逮捕劉，並予以關押？劉的行為符合該豁免協定的要件嗎？
我們寧願本案是劉的個人行為，由她為自己的違法行為負責；而外交部跳出來護短說是公務行為，就變成台灣政府知道並袒護、支持劉的虐僕行為，簡直莫 名其妙。西方認為虐僕是嚴重殘害人權罪行，外交部怎能以政府名義對號入座，丟盡國人顏面？何況，剋扣應有工資剩下來錢去了哪裡？有無涉貪的問題？
美國是重視契約的國家，違約是很嚴重犯行。如果劉的確有犯行恐怕很難善了。堂堂總領事把自己變成牛肉麵店老闆娘，跟幫傭的斤斤計較，苛薄寡恩，丟不丟臉？還被美國司法界以「外籍勞工契約詐欺罪」收押。
外交部顧面子沒是非
最可議的是外交部的態度，還沒搞清楚狀況就先攬下來，擺出主權、愛國及民族主義的態度來護短，讓自卑感的醜陋花朵開的滿臉都是。把任何罪名都用愛國、民族主義去遮掩，是上個世紀的搞法，沒有是非、沒有守法，只有民族（面子），恰恰會讓國際上看不起這個民族。
****故宮的管理制度不周卻以為全是員工的錯
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