Taiwan: Netizens React to Diplomat Accused of Abusing Domestic Labor · Global Voices
Portnoy Zheng

Thanks to slow, reluctant legislators, and “some” – or I should say “many” – cruel employers, Taiwan has a notoriously bad record of mistreating foreign labor. However, this time an inconvenient and awkward case has not happened in Taiwan, but in a Taiwanese diplomat's residence in the United States.
The headlines of major newspapers in Taiwan today concern Hsien-Hsien Liu (劉珊珊), the director general of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) in Kansas City, who has been accused of underpaying her Philippine housekeeper, restricting her movement and forcing her to work 16 to 18 hours a day. Since Taiwan does not have official diplomatic relations with the US, Hsien-Hsien Liu is a de facto diplomat representing the Taiwanese government, though unofficially.
Most media outlets are discussing the negative impact on Taiwan-US relationships. Politicians from both the ruling Kuomingtang (KMT) or the opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) say that the Taiwanese government should be “tough” on asserting Taiwan's sovereignty and demand diplomatic immunity for Liu, even though the federal persecutor told NBC News that since Taiwan is not an sovereign country  Liu enjoys no such privilege.
While the rights of the abused maid are totally absent in the Taiwanese political discourse, Twitter users are more reflective about Taiwanese attitudes towards foreign labor.
@ancorena says [zh]:
我猜想在許多人心目中，美國一向都是世界人權的燈塔。可是到了今天這種時候，台灣人可能還要靠美國人的過激手段裡才能學習正確對待外籍勞工，實在是場難以形容的荒謬劇情。
GJ!Taiwan, a sarcastic fake news twitter account also covers this case [zh]:
外電報導，我駐美國密蘇里州堪薩斯台北經濟文化辦事處處長劉姍姍，讓菲傭超時工作，涉嫌壓榨虐待，且未依契約，只給對方1/3薪水，涉嫌詐欺，遭FBI探員逮捕拘留。外交部長楊進添昨證實此事，但表達嚴正抗議；因為劉姍姍所為不過是台灣雇主傳統，美方應予尊重。
Torrent Pien asks [zh] for more details about the case:
劉姍姍的外傭說是公務雇用，但合約每個月薪資1240美金，但外傭只實拿450，中間的790跑哪去了啊，劉處長要不承認私人雇用，要不承認貪汙
book686 comments [zh]:
[外交官被逮事件] 目前為止幾位總統候選人都只在主權問題上表態，卻沒人在（勞動）人權問題上發言～～
Angel Smile says [zh]:
像這種廢人，我覺得就讓美國去整治她最好；不然弄這垃圾回國，就算查出是貪汙，還不是又全身而退。
Winkai has an idea [zh]:
我覺得劉珊珊應該要申請台灣的國賠，因為是台灣政府長久放任國人苛刻'使用'外籍雇傭，才會讓劉大公務員誤以為可以那麼作
You can see past reports on Taiwan and labor issues here, here, and here. By the way, foreign housekeepers and carers in Taiwan still have no legal right to labor holidays.