Taiwan coach apologises for ‘pressuring’ students to give blood

According to the local media, a sports coach at a Taiwan university issued an official apology on a research project, allegedly involved in pushing students to give blood.

61-year-old Chou Tai-Ying said that his intention was to help his team, “Because I only had a few players and often injured”, but it is not known exactly what the blood was taken for.

Chen Pei-yu, a Taiwan politician, illuminated the case in 2024 and claimed that they would lose academic loans if they did not attend the students.

The internal investigation at the National Taiwan Normal University in Taipei found that the blood sampling started in 2019 and continued to 2024 for different “research projects”.

Taiwan’s Odak News Agency, admitted to help with unqualified students to help back the coach Chou, “reckless words and behavior” through “school and students apologized for offering any pressure”.

“It is my fault to make you feel like you do,” he said to the students through a statement.

Professor Chen Hsuh-Chih, the leader of one of the unspecified research projects, also issued an apology.

He said his goal was to help student athletes, but he confessed to them and their families.

The internal investigation showed that students gave blood once a day. Investigation, blood scratched the way after finding an error samples were thrown.

Chen Pei-yu initially claimed that the research project required players to give three blood samples a day for 14 days. He said the players should participate in the project for several years.

NTNU Director Wu Cheng-Chi apologized for calling the school on Saturday. He said the ethics and surveillance procedures of the institution would be reviewed.

Taiwan Deputy Minister of Education, the departments of the case and Chou and Chen’s actions will be reviewed, he said.

Separately, the Ministry of Education said that on Thursday, a NTNU Women’s Football Coach could cancel the coaching license without naming a person.