Taiwan's foreign ministry says its investigation into the country's top envoy in Geneva will take about two months, a slow-moving embarrassment for a ministry already facing questions about how it handles staff complaints.

• Greg Lee, Taiwan's representative in Geneva, is accused of bullying staff, poor leadership, and using public money for himself.
• A signed complaint running 134 pages came from "all affected colleagues" and lists seven kinds of alleged misconduct, including humiliating staff badly enough that some sought medical help.
• The money claims include public funds spent on bedding for his official residence and expensive chocolates for visiting lawmakers, then asking staff to file false expense claims to cover it.
• Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung set up an outside-backed task force in early August and says no conclusions can be drawn yet; Lee has returned to Taipei but has not been interviewed.
• Opposition lawmakers note the ministry has logged eight bullying complaints since Lin took office, and the seven already closed ended with no punishment at all.

Outlook: If the task force finds bullying, Lee would be pulled from Geneva and disciplined in Taipei, but the ministry's record of closing such cases without penalty leaves the outcome in doubt.