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some netizens on the island posted on social media that taoyuan city councilor and retired major general of the taiwan military, yu beichen, illegally received a retirement pension of nt$2 million. the retirement benefits department of the taiwan veterans affairs council stated that yu beichen served as a taoyuan city councilor and was a local representative of the people, which was an "unpaid position", so he did not need to stop his retirement pension and preferential deposits. in response, former legislator shen fuxiong said on the 15th, "the councilor's money is not small, but he now defines it as expenses or research expenses. the people can't stand it. what is he researching? he is on tv shows all day and running stalls everywhere, but he is not researching."

huang yangming, a media person who was also on the show, added, "if yu beichen is using his unpaid position as a legislator, his income from appearing on the show must be more than 37,000 per month, so he should not receive a pension. our announcement fee is salary." shen fuxiong also agreed with this.

in addition, ye yuanzhi, who was once a member of the legislative yuan, said that he had just learned in the past two days that legislators are unpaid positions. when he was a member of the legislative yuan, a fixed amount of money was transferred to his account every month, which was called "research fees"; attendance fees were collected every day when the meeting was held. he had always thought that it was a salary and that he had to pay income tax.

ye yuanzhi went on to point out that when the veterans affairs council was asked whether yu beichen was receiving double salary, the council responded that “not really” because the money yu beichen received in parliament was not a salary, that was called research expenses. they even found a letter from taiwan’s ministry of the interior saying that yu beichen was exercising his authority and received reasonable compensation, which was called “expenses”, not “salary”.

in addition, ye yuanzhi also said that yu beichen is too bored and loves to gain popularity, so whenever someone gives him information and questions him about whether he has not verified the facts, he will tell them. yu beichen is excited to see the opportunity and wants to gain some traffic first. it doesn't matter if he is scolded, he can just stick to it.

lin jingxian, taiwan correspondent of strait herald