The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) legislative caucus yesterday called on the Control Yuan to investigate Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) and Food and Drug Administration Director Wu Shou-mei (吳秀梅) over alleged dereliction of duty regarding a small company’s bid to procure rapid COVID-19 test kits.
The KMT on Wednesday questioned Golden Global Biomedicine Co’s (高登環球生醫) eligibility to join the bidding process to import 17 million COVID-19 screening kits.
The KMT said the company had neither the funding it only has capital of NT$2 million (US$67,431) nor the expertise, as it was a food stall before becoming a