TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Government departments should not provide information and documents to TPP Legislator Lee Chen-hsiu (李貞秀) since her status as a Chinese citizen has not been resolved, Premier Cho Jung-tai (卓榮泰) told the Cabinet Thursday.

The Interior Ministry pointed out that Lee, as a Chinese national, has to give up her foreign citizenship in order to serve as an elected representative. However, she has been unable to provide clear evidence that she renounced her Chinese nationality.

As a result, Cho said at the weekly Cabinet meeting that ministers and government departments should not provide Lee with official documents and information, the Liberty Times reported. In addition, the premier will not accept questions from Lee at the Legislative Yuan. During the Cabinet meeting, Cho reportedly called her “Mrs. Lee” rather than using the title of legislator.

The Ministry of Interior said it had written three times to Lee and to the secretary-general of the Legislative Yuan to ask for documents proving the lawmaker had given up her Chinese citizenship before running in the 2024 legislative elections. The legislative secretary-general wrote a reply on Feb. 13, but it did not contain any written proof, the ministry said. The expulsion of a lawmaker was up to the Legislative Yuan.

The Mainland Affairs Council said it would convene a meeting with the Ministry of Interior and the Central Election Commission in early March to discuss the qualifications of Chinese spouses to run in legislative elections.

Lee said she divorced her husband after being nominated as the TPP’s at-large legislative candidate in the 2024 general election, per Storm Media. She said the decision was intended to shield her husband from potential political attacks stemming from her involvement in politics