Top prosecutor to resign over probes

Chen Chih-ming said his association opposed Wu's appointment to the post last year because of his involvement in scandals such as the illegal trading of Taiwan Pineapple Corp (台鳳) shares.

Reform needed

An anti-corruption alliance organized by several NGOs said early this month that an independent prosecution system is the key to fighting high-level corruption. The first step in reforms should be to create a more independent state public prosecutor-general, whose position would be free from any political intervention, the alliance said.

The alliance called for an amendment of the Court Organic Law (法院組織法) to establish a nomination system stipulating that the president's nominee for the nation's top prosecutor should be approved by the legislature.

But while pan-blue lawmakers questioned the timing of Wu's resignation, several pan-green law-makers yesterday lauded Wu for offering to take responsibility.

Additional reporting by Chiu Yu-tzu