Author：Michael Richardson（美國獨立撰稿人）
※ Excerpt aus：https://richardsonreports.wordpress.com/author/richardsonreports/
—（January
26, 2020）Following a six-week internal review by the University of London, the identity of Republic of China in-exile President Tsai Ing-wen's thesis examiners will remain off-limits to the public. Rosalind Frendo, Director of Compliance and Secretary to the Board upheld the earlier decision of Kit Good, Data Protection and Information Compliance Manager, that the Privacy Act exempted such information from public disclosure. Frendo called the identification of university examiners “personal data” and denied a Freedom of Information request.
大意：經過六週的內部審查，倫敦大學決定將蔡英文的論文審查委員身分視為個資隱私，拒絕加以公開。
—（February 5, 2020）The ICO complaint outlines the arguments for and against disclosure and is reprinted here in full: The University of London is in violation of the Freedom of Information Act…
大意：麥可•理查森向英國資訊專員辦公室（ICO）投訴，認為倫敦大學違反了《信息自由法》（FOIA）。
—（March 23, 2020）Information Commissioner's preliminary finding is that release of Ph.D. thesis examiners' identity likely to cause“damage or distress”to Republic of China President Tsai Ing-wen…“who examined it and when – would not be disclosed to world at large in response to a FOI request.”
大意：ICO初步評估，揭露論文審查委員身分可能會對蔡英文造成傷害或困擾，因此不會公開相關資訊。
—（June 11, 2020）Information Commissioner claims Tsai Ing-wen's thesis lost during remodeling…“The University has told the Commissioner that it holds a copy of the examination report for the thesis and the thesis copyright submission form. There is also a record of the individual and the thesis on the University's pass list published in that year.”
大意：ICO聲稱蔡英文的論文是因為圖書館內部重整而不知所蹤。倫敦大學告訴專員，校方擁有一份論文審查報告影本和論文版權提交表格，該年度的合格名單上也記載其個人姓名與論文名稱。
—（July 9, 2020）The appeal was submitted to…the Information Review Tribunal. …The appeal asks the court to compel the Information Commissioner to require the University of London to provide the examiner names and the date they approved the thesis. The court has also been asked to order the disclosure of the thesis examiner's viva report…
大意：麥可•理查森向英國的信息審查法庭提告，要求ICO / 倫敦大學提供審查委員的姓名、批准論文的日期、以及論文口試的考官報告。
—（July 17, 2020）Information Review Tribunal Registrar Mrs. R. Worth has ordered me to explain why I should be allowed to appeal a denial of the Information Commissioner since I do not live in the United Kingdom. …An ICO guidance states,“Anyone can make a freedom of information request – they do not have to be UK citizens, or resident in the UK.”
大意：信息審查法庭質疑麥可•理查森的外國人身分。但ICO的指南寫著：「任何人都可以提出信息自由的請求，而不必是英國的公民或居民。」
—（July 30, 2020）…Tsai has boasted about compliments from the thesis examiners although she refuses to name them. …The Information Commissioner's Office agreed with the University of London that disclosing the names of the two examiners might cause Tsai“distress”and perhaps also to the examiners if they were still alive. However, if the thesis examiners liked Tsai's thesis enough to compliment her it is difficult to understand where is the distress?
大意：蔡英文曾提到論文得到口試考官們的稱讚，那麼公布他們的姓名為何會造成傷害或困擾？
—（September 22, 2020）“The Commissioner finds it somewhat difficult to describe the “fake thesis/degree” theory as it lacks coherence. In broad terms, the theory alleges that the University or the LSE (the“corrupt”institution varies from allegation to allegation) conspired in 1984 to award the then-Miss Tsai a PhD to which she was not entitled—presumably for the express purpose of manipulating the Taiwanese presidential elections of 2016 and 2020—and is now trying to cover its tracks. Another alternative theory is that the PhD was never conferred and President Tsai has simply invented it. According to this version, the LSE and/or the University have conspired to fabricate the original records (and the degree award) to either curry favor with government of Taiwan or to increase their own prestige by associating themselves with a head of government.”
大意：英國校方被懷疑在1984年因貪腐而違法授予蔡英文學位，或是後來配合參與總統大選的蔡英文而偽造文書。
—（October 20, 2020）Activist attorney and law professor Ho De-fen and True Voice of Taiwan TV show host Dennis Peng have been subpoenaed by Republic of China in-exile prosecutors for their criticism of ROC President Tsai Ing-wen's controversial 1984 PhD thesis. …Taipei District prosecutors waited a year to act on President Tsai's complaint raising an unavoidable question, why?
大意：賀德芬與彭文正終於收到傳票，北檢不知為何拖了一年才對蔡英文的提告採取行動。
—（December 9, 2020）Tsai's advisor, Michael Elliott, only had a Masters degree.＊…Her supporters have managed to delete all reference to the ongoing controversy from Tsai's Wikipedia page.
大意：蔡英文的指導老師Michael Elliott只有碩士學位。其支持者設法刪除維基百科上的爭議內容。
＊ 編按：Oxford BCL（Bachelor of Civil Law）
—（December 12, 2020）Tsai erroneously claimed one of her professors, who she cited in the thesis, was dead. John Barcelo, who is alive and well, says he had no role in the writing of the thesis. Tsai also falsely captioned a photo in her online memoir, taken with her sister in Boston, as being taken in London when the sister allegedly visited to give support during the thesis oral examination.
大意：蔡英文的一位教授John Barcelo被她宣稱業已過世，其實依然健在。她還將一張美國波士頓拍攝的照片說成是姐姐到倫敦陪她口試。
